Sheep farmers risk having future on-farm practices shaped without them unless they engage with Defra’s review of castration and tail docking.

Guy Hodnett admitted two offences relating to causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal at Llandrindod Wells Magistrates’ Court ...

Defra, and the Welsh and Scottish governments and Northern Ireland Executive have published proposals to reform the rules for ...

Share your views on UK proposals for higher welfare lamb practices and phasing out enriched cages for hens. Have your say today.

Two public consultations with the aim of phasing out enriched cages for laying hens, and ending castration and tail docking ...

Scottish sheep farmers weigh up Numnuts and ClipFitter as welfare rules tighten. Discover how these methods fit future regulations.

The primary objective of this study was to demonstrate the non-inferiority between lidocaine-impregnated ligation bands (LLBs) and control bands (CBs) with respect to the efficacy of castration and ...

Examples include Tri-Solfen, a spray-on gel that contains lignocaine and bupivacaine for immediate and lasting relief against ...