Fairgoers watch as Yorkshore Cross piglets are born at the livestock nursery at the California State Fair farm in 2005. Manny Crisostomo Sacramento Bee file Two animal rights organizations are suing ...

Lower piglet mortality is the goal when Norwegian researchers study the conditions of perky newborn piglets and their mothers. Several countries aim to reduce the loss of piglets using a system in ...

Piglet survival and sow health are likely to be compromised if a sound system is not in place during farrowing. Therefore, stockpeople need to ensure that attention to detail is enforced before, ...

A lecturer in animal welfare says the pig industry should be phasing out farrowing crates in 10 years. Supermarkets have already banned pork where sow stalls are used during pregnancy. Now pressure is ...

The Government is asking for feedback on whether farrowing crates should be banned or simply limited in their use. Farrowing crates keep sows in a confined spot during the final months of their ...

The National Pig Association has challenged a claim made on BBC Farming Today that sow farrowing crates will be banned “within four years”.

A new report, released today, shows the use of farrowing crates are unnecessary, illegal and harmful to New Zealand pigs. SAFE is presenting Parliament with copies of the report, as part of an ongoing ...

Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare laws Caged hens will be a thing of the past in England, the government has announced, as it ...