Stock Handling & Animal Welfare

ABC Muster Dogs’ Kim and Banjo to star at Casterton Kelpie Muster

ABC Muster Dogs series stars Kim Dodson and her Kelpie Banjo will be special guests at the 29th Australian Kelpie Muster at Casterton this weekend…Read More

Sheep Central, June 6, 2025

Footrot vaccine progress, but full registration years away

WOOLPRODUCERS Australia believes a clear pathway to availability of a custom footrot vaccine has been identified after work with intellectual property owner the University of Sydney and other agencies…Read More

Sheep Central, June 2, 2025

Agriculture Victoria warns livestock owners on welfare duties

THE recent seizures of livestock from three Victorian properties have been highlighted in a warning to all producers from Agriculture Victoria this week…Read More

Sheep Central, April 1, 2025

WA lotfeeder puts the case for non-mulesed Merino lambs

WESTERN Australian lamb lotfeeder Geoff Bilney prefers non-mulesed Merinos over the more commonly mulesed lambs and can see a day when lamb processors will demand that lambs not have the breech modification…Read More

Terry Sim, March 7, 2025

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

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