Stock Handling & Animal Welfare

NZ ministry considers prosecutions in sheep shearing cruelty cases

NEW Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries could prosecute and disqualify individuals from working with animals following its investigations into PETA claims of sheep mistreatment during shearing…Read More

Sheep Central, January 20, 2025

NZ Merino Company suspends two farms after PETA investigation

LEADING ethical wool marketer, the New Zealand Merino Company, has suspended two farms from its ZQ program after anti-wool activist group PETA released video footage of alleged cruel treatment of sheep in NZ wool sheds…Read More

Terry Sim, January 17, 2025

Anti-mulesing push in Qld election and with King Charles

ANIMAL welfare group opposition to lamb mulesing has been ramped up with the practice’s inclusion as a Queensland election issue and the lobbying of King Charles to support the breeding of flystrike-resistant Merino sheep…Read More

Terry Sim, October 18, 2024

Animal welfare groups take mulesing ban plan to governments

ANIMAL welfare bodies have stepped up government lobbying to phase out the mulesing of sheep in Australia by 2030, releasing a report highlighting the Australian wool industry’s ‘broken promise’ to ban the practice by 2010…Read More

Terry Sim, September 18, 2024

Live animal cutting report doesn’t cut it with WoolProducers

AUSTRALIA’S peak wool grower body has pushed back strongly on a report criticising the lack of progress on ending mulesing in the nation’s sheep flocks…Read More

Sheep Central, September 18, 2024

From Ram to Ewe – the best Machine of the Year at Henty

AN automated sheep catching pen that brings the woolies to the shearer has won the coveted 2024 Henty Machine of the Year at the annual field days this week…Read More

Sheep Central, September 18, 2024

Gippsland sheep farmer fails to overturn sheep care charges

A GIPPSLAND farmer Jeremy Rich has failed recently in his attempt to have his conviction and sentence relating to sheep care concerns overturned in the County Court of Victoria…Read More

Sheep Central, August 28, 2024

Survey indicates widespread short tail-docking of lambs

TENS of millions of sheep in Australia could be at risk of compromised welfare from short-docked tails, according to the results of a recent survey and previous research…Read More

Sheep Central, July 31, 2024

UQ blowfly research offers potential to avoid mulesing

A CHEMICAL-FREE method of controlling flystrike in sheep with the potential to reduce or eliminate the need for mulesing or combat cattle ticks and buffalo fly is a step closer, according to University of Queensland research…Read More

Sheep Central, July 15, 2024

Sheep Sustainability Framework seeks wool processing talent

AUSTRALIA’S Sheep Sustainability Framework is looking for business professionals with experience in wool processing and retail to join its steering group. The independent steering group guides the Framework in its..Read More

Sheep Central, June 12, 2024

Top boxer rates buying good Kelpies above fighting

MEN’S Australian middleweight boxing champion Mitch Leek handled his first working dog auction at Casterton with aplomb and persistence at the weekend…Read More

Terry Sim, June 11, 2024

Animal welfare increasing as trust in farming driver

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

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