An end to puppy farming and a possible ban on the use of electric shock dog collars are promised as part of a new animal ...

The National Pig Association estimates that 5,000 flexible farrowing places are already in use, with another 1,000 currently ...

Strategy lays out new steps towards banning fur imports, and phasing out farm cages and carbon dioxide chambers to kill pigs ...

An end to farrowing crates and gas stunning in the pig sector, and to caged hens in the egg sector, are set for ...

Fairgoers watch as Yorkshore Cross piglets are born at the livestock nursery at the California State Fair farm in 2005. Manny Crisostomo Sacramento Bee file Two animal rights organizations are suing ...

I WOULD like to bring to more people’s attention a shocking example of what I believe to be animal cruelty in the form of the pig farrowing crate. The farrowing crate is a metal cage in which sows are ...

Swine producers in New Zealand have 10 more years to convert to systems without farrowing crates. That is the outcome of ...

Transitioning from conventional farrowing crates to flexible farrowing pens will bring many challenges, along with significant opportunities to further improve pig welfare, based on producers’ ...