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May 18, 2012
New EU Scientific Report on Beef Cattle and Calves Highlights Serious Welfare Problems
EuroGroup For Animals The European Food Safety Authority, the EU risk assessment body for food and feed safety, published an interesting recommendation based on the latest scientific evidence on exposing the major welfare problems of cattle kept for beef production and the welfare in intensive calf farming systems… With regard to mutilations such as castration …
May 12, 2012
CIWF ‘Farm Assurance Schemes & Animal Welfare’ Report
‘How the standards compare 2012′ – Compassion in World Farming It is not surprising that consumers are confused by the labelling of animal products: Most animals farmed in the UK are reared in accordance with the standards of a farm assurance scheme and all of these schemes claim to ensure high standards of animal welfare, …
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May 11, 2012
Beef industry trialling spray to ease the pain of dehorning
ABC Rural - By Neroli Roocke A Queensland grazier who exports 40,000 kilograms of meat a week says animal welfare groups have the beef industry’s dehorning and castration of calves on their radars. Zanda McDonald, of McDonald Holdings (MDH), has spoken at Beef2012 in the central Queensland city of Rockhampton. Mr McDonald says animal welfare is …
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May 10, 2012
There are no heroes or villains in the animal welfare debate. Melbourne University
Dr Fisher’s Balancing Act – WeeklyTimesNow FOR Dr Andrew Fisher there are no heroes or villains in the animal welfare debate, writes SARAH HUDSON. “At the end of the day, farming is about producing a product. When I give talks to farmers on animal welfare, I joke that they are really bad at being …