The Sacramento SPCA says the appearance of unweaned puppies around Thanksgiving is becoming something of a holiday tradition. This year, nine of the puppies are a German shepherd and husky mix, and ...

A joint letter has been sent to EU Animal Welfare Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi urging the Commission to halt the transport of unweaned calves from Ireland to France by roro ferry. It follows a similar ...

The EC audited Irish practices and say what Ireland is doing "is not in line with the Commission’s interpretation of the legal requirements" Ireland and the European Commission are at loggerheads over ...

Despite stating that the transport of unweaned calves from Ireland to France is in breach of EU law, the European Commission has so far failed to take action against it, says Ethical Farming Ireland.

The European Commission audited Irish practices to ‘evaluate official controls on the protection of unweaned calves during long journeys’ in June 2022(Image: EFI/L214/Eyes on Animals) Ireland and the ...

Selling puppies that have not weaned off their mother’s milk amounts to cruelty under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) issued challans ...

Unweaned calves are being transported from Ireland to continental Europe in land and sea journeys which can exceed 24 hours without receiving water, milk or milk replacer in breach of Irish and ...

Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction, Dalhart, Texas, reported receipts of 2,087 head of cattle selling on Jan. 14, according to the USDA-Texas Department of Agriculture Market News, Amarillo, Texas.

IT is now two years since it was found that an acute clinical infection could be readily produced by foot-and-mouth disease virus when inoculated intraperitoneally into mice one week old. A summary of ...

The Department of Agriculture has rejected a 2022 report by EU Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety auditors, which alleged shortcomings in the welfare of unweaned calves during long ...