All news on the topic: Animal welfare

In a quiet corner of the rolling Somerset countryside lies a farm. It is almost completely hidden from public view – a private road leads up to the facility, dominated by several vast steel-framed buildings and conical feed silos.

A six-foot snake was the second to be found on a UK golf course, sparking fears an exotic pet owner could be dumping their reptiles and more may be lurking in the grass.

More than 400 cats have been rescued by the police in Vietnam after authorities busted a large theft network allegedly operating for three years to supply an illicit meat trade.

Milk is affordable on supermarket shelves. But for farmers, high prices of essentials including fertilizer, fuel, and feed have prompted production costs to shoot up, forcing many to boost productivity by “going big”.

The UK Government is considering a new report calling on the UK to match the EU’s tough rules limiting harmful pesticides from farmland.

The UK government is to break a manifesto commitment to ban foie gras imports, and has declined to stop fur imports.

High profile environmental campaigner and Labour donor Dale Vince has claimed that the public is being ’misled’ by organic labelling standards.

Tesco, Asda, and Sainsbury’s stated that they had ’immediately’ suspended supplies from Somerby Top Farm after workers were found kicking piglets.

A bull has been seen on the loose on the streets of Birmingham today.

Bristol-based nurse said she was ‘jet lagged’ when asked if she had taken drugs

A proposal to implement a ban in Wales was among the most popular petitions on the Senedd’s website, garnering over 35,000 signatures.

Scottish Sea Farms claims footage captured by Animal Equality UK before MSPs’ visit shows routine daily procedures.