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March 17, 2012
Consumer Perceptions of Farm Animal Welfare
By Animal Welfare Institute This brief report summaries surveys and studies that address consumer attitudes toward farm animal welfare, focusing specifically on the “humanely raised” label. It finds three major themes regarding consumers: US consumers care about farm animal welfare, they support regulating the welfare of farmed animals, and they will pay more for products labeled …
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March 16, 2012
Assess pain and provide relief for better cattle health
AgriView By Peggy Coffeen, Dairy/Livestock Editor, AgriView Elective procedures such as dehorning and surgical castration can have negative impacts on cattle such as weight loss and increased incidence of respiratory disease, but the severity can be reduced by incorporating pain relief into protocols for these tasks READ MORE
March 16, 2012
Understanding animal welfare
David Fraser Address: Animal Welfare Program, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, and W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, 2357 Main Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada In debates about the welfare of animals, different people have tended to emphasize different concerns. Some emphasize the basic health and functioning of animals, …
March 5, 2012
Australian wool comes under new mulesing pressure
EcoTextile News Leeds 5 March 2012 The Australian wool industry has now come under renewed pressure from leading European and US textile and clothing retail industry associations in a bid to outlaw the practice of mulesing sooner rather than later. …“We expect all growers who continue to mules their sheep, while mulesing alternatives are being …
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