Agri-Business
BVA's animal welfare charity seeks 2 farm vets for board
An animal welfare charity founded by members of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) is looking to recruit two trustees to...
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Agri-Business
Leeds vet convicted of animal welfare charges to be struck off
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Disciplinary Committee has directed the registrar to strike off a Leeds-based veterinary surgeon...
N.Ireland
Farmer wins appeal to overturn animal welfare charge conviction
A farmer from Northern Ireland and his employee won their appeal to overturn a conviction relating to an animal welfare...
N.Ireland
9 out of 10 farm animal welfare complaints unfounded
More than 90% of farm welfare inspections made following complaints from the public found the farm to have no breaches...
N.Ireland
Farmer fined for numerous animal welfare offences
A farmer was recently convicted and fined in Newry Magistrates’ Court in Co. Down for a variety of animal welfare...
N.Ireland
Sheep farmer banned from owning animals and fined for animal welfare offences
A sheep farmer in Co. Antrim has been banned from owning animals and fined in £546 (€645) for animal welfare offences....
N.Ireland
Farmer and haulier convicted and fined on animal welfare charge
A farmer and a haulier were recently convicted at Armagh Magistrates’ Court on a charge connected with the transportation of an...
EU
EU expert group on animal welfare to be created
The European Commission has adopted the creation of an expert group on animal welfare, to be called the Platform on...
N.Ireland
Northern Irish farmer convicted of 27 animal welfare charges
A Co. Antrim farmer has been convicted on 27 animal welfare charges at the Lisburn Magistrates’ Court. Trevor Sinclair, with...
N.Ireland
Maximum jail sentence for animal welfare offences in the North increased to 5 years
A new action plan aimed at improving animal welfare enforcement will see the maximum jail sentence for animal welfare offences in the...
Rural Life
Two farmers jailed in the North for animal welfare offences
Two farmers from Co. Armagh have been jailed following convictions for a range of animal welfare offences. Martha Toal from...
World News
Over 4,000 'severe breaches' of animal welfare rules at UK abattoirs - Report
There has been more than 4,000 severe breaches of animal welfare regulations in British abattoirs over the past two years, data...
N.Ireland
Farmer receives 3-month suspended sentence on animal welfare charges
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been handed a three-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, on several animal welfare...
Dairy
Dairy bull calves better shot than exported or mistreated, says animal welfare group
It is better to promptly and humanely slaughter unwanted dairy bull calves born this spring than for them to be...
EU
MEPs call for a new strategy on animal welfare
The EU needs a new strategy for the protection and welfare of animals, a non-legislative resolution the European Parliament adopted on...
Agri-Business
'Animal welfare a top factor in making a food brand ethical'
Some 74% of UK consumers say that meat coming from animals which are looked after well is among the top issues...
Pig/Poultry
Pig farmer jailed for 18 months on animal welfare grounds
Cork pig farmer Rory O’Brien was sentenced to 18 months in prison yesterday (Thursday) on animal welfare grounds. The farmer...
Environment
€1.8m for animal welfare organisations
Funding of €1.8m to 136 organisations involved in animal care and welfare services throughout the country has been issued by the...
