The RSPCA has flagged its intention to play a more active role in raising animal welfare standards throughout the Australian beef industry with the forthcoming launch of new RSPCA guidelines for beef cattle production.

RSPCA chief executive officer Heather Neil told yesterday’s Australian Lot Feeders Association BeefEx conference on the Gold Coast that the feedlot sector was clearly taking a “progressive, forward thinking and proactive approach” to improving animal welfare.  READ MORE