Displaying items by tag: animal welfare

A local vet recruitment agency says the vet shortage situation in the country is getting more dire by the day.

A host of new animal welfare regulations have been approved by the Government following delays due to COVID-19.

A Whāngārei farm manager has been fined $3,130 after hitting a cow with an alkathene pipe and a metal bar.

Animal welfare is a central focus of Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) new winter grazing campaign.

World Animal Protection (WAP) has downgraded New Zealand’s animal protection ranking.

Co-founder of FoodTruths.org, Helen Darling thinks it's time to stop dismissing or ‘going on the offensive’ about alternative proteins.

A new calf trailer, from Mid Canterbury manufacturer Plucks, claims to improve calf welfare during transport, particularly with regards to injury and risk of infection.

Animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA’s) request to erect a billboard memorialising 21 cows killed in a tractor-trailer crash in North Carolina has been turned down.

Two new herds will require further investigation as Hawke’s Bay battles a tuberculosis outbreak.

A Waikato farmer who admitted to breaking the tails of more than 300 cows has been sentenced to community work and banned from owning cows.