Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
LIVESTOCK producers and yard managers have been urged to undertake safety assessments of their loading ramps with the release of a new standard developed by Standards Australia…Read More
Sheep Central, November 23, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
AUSTRALIA’S proposed sheep sustainability framework will improve industry transparency and build consumer trust in wool and sheep meat, according to the project’s leader…Read More
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
NEW South Wales wool growers who mules sheep without pain relief are being sought to test current animal cruelty legislation, following the failure of a bill aimed at regulating mulesing in the state…Read More
Terry Sim, September 25, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
BLUETONGUE, anthrax and footrot diagnoses have been crucially ruled out in recent sheep and cattle disease inspections in north-west New South Wales…Read More
Sheep Central, September 9, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
WORKING sheep dogs from four countries will be auctioned online over two days next week at England’s Skipton Auction Mart…Read More
Sheep Central, July 7, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
CONTRACTORS mulesing sheep in Victoria without pain relief will be potentially liable to prosecution under new state regulations, according to Agriculture Victoria…Read More
Terry Sim, July 6, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
VICTORIAN producers are now required to administer a registered pain-relieving product when mulesing sheep. The new provisions, which came into effect yesterday, have been introduced as part of the state’s Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulations 2019…Read More
Sheep Central, July 2, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
VICTORIAN sheep producers will not be issued with ‘on-the-spot’ fines under new regulations that mandate pain relief for mulesing from Wednesday this week…Read More
Terry Sim, June 29, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
AUSTRALIA’S sheep and cattle producer councils have voiced significant concern about the potential for new loading ramp safety standards to become mandatory in future…Read More
James Nason, May 22, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
A NEW study has confirmed what many working dog owners have long suspected or known: that dogs have a passing phase of reduced obedience towards their owners during puberty. ..Read More
By Naomi D. Harvey and Lucy Asher., May 18, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
ARTIFICIAL intelligence technology could help reliably predict the flystrike susceptibility of Australian sheep, according to a review that sets a five-year $10 million investment timeline toward a flystrike-resistant Australian flock…Read More
Sheep Central, May 13, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
A DUNKELD working dog enthusiast’s passion to boost community spirit and resilience with her four-legged friends has won her the 2020 Victorian AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award…Read More
Sheep Central, March 25, 2020