Strategy lays out new steps towards banning fur imports, and phasing out farm cages and carbon dioxide chambers to kill pigs ...

Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare laws ...

Conventional battery cages for individual hens are already banned in the UK, where the RSPCA says an estimated 80% of hens ...

The National Pig Association estimates that 5,000 flexible farrowing places are already in use, with another 1,000 currently ...

An end to farrowing crates and gas stunning in the pig sector, and to caged hens in the egg sector, are set for ...

Australia's biggest pork producer has introduced a "maternity ring" for pigs giving birth to replace controversial farrowing crates. Farrowing crates have been in widespread use in the pork industry ...

Somewhere in Shropshire, a farmer is selling a second hand pig prison. With excellent customer feedback, eBay seller ...

Swine producers in New Zealand have 10 more years to convert to systems without farrowing crates. That is the outcome of ...

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, ...

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 ...