Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
ENVIRONMENTAL management was again the strongest driver of social license for rural industries in 2023, a new report has found…Read More
Sheep Central, March 25, 2024
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
ANIMAL welfare body FOUR PAWS is focussing on lamb mortality in Australia as an industry-funded study concludes high temperatures during critical periods could result in 2.1 million fewer lambs annually, costing sheep farmers an estimated $97 million each year…Read More
Terry Sim, March 22, 2024
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
A ONE-STOP shop for livestock transport information has been launched by Meat & Livestock Australia at the combined Queensland and Australian Livestock Transporters’ Associations’ National Conference in Toowoomba this week…Read More
Sheep Central, March 22, 2024
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
VICTORIA’S peak farmer body has hit back with a submission template for respondents to a draft Animal Care and Protection Bill after the Australian Alliance for Animals announced an online submission writing workshop this week…Read More
Sheep Central, March 18, 2024
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
FEDERAL, state, and territory agriculture ministers have today confirmed a commitment to jointly lead the renewal of the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy and to develop a National Statement on Animal Welfare…Read More
Sheep Central, March 8, 2024
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
THE Victorian Government has extended the consultation period on the draft Bill for new animal care and protection laws that recognize animal sentience…Read More
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
FARMERS have welcomed government plans to establish a taskforce to update animal welfare standards in Tasmania’s meat processing plants in the wake of disturbing activist footage taken inside Tasmanian Quality Meats and other abattoirs…Read More
Sheep Central, December 15, 2023
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
SOUTH Australian livestock agents have suggested building saleyards in Victoria to avoid the state government’s footrot monitoring regimen, Sheep Central has been told…Read More
Terry Sim, July 31, 2023
A NEW Zealand study aims to develop new genetic criteria for desirable working dog traits by undertaking the most detailed genomic investigation of the NZ dog breeds ever attempted…Read More
Sheep Central, July 31, 2023
A NEW South Wales producer says technology improvements have led to electric two-wheel motorbikes becoming a practical option for working livestock…Read More
Eric Barker, July 28, 2023
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
THE US-based Animal Agriculture Alliance has released two reports detailing the interconnectedness of the animal rights movement around the world, as well as tactics targeting animal agriculture…Read More
Sheep Central, July 28, 2023
THE importance of tail length and best practice pain relief in sheep to minimise breech flystrike and other animal health issues was highlighted at a recent seminar at Dunkeld in Victoria…Read More
Lisa Warn, project manager for the MLA PDS project 'Towards non-mulesed sheep', December 7, 2022
