Uncertainty remains about potential new farrowing regulations requiring the industry to switch from conventional to flexible farrowing systems. These provide sows ...

Lower piglet mortality is the goal when Norwegian researchers study the conditions of perky newborn piglets and their mothers. Several countries aim to reduce the loss of piglets using a system in ...

Executive order says sows must be able to walk loose, except for a short period when the risk of piglets being crushed is greatest.

While the United Kingdom has made great strides in advancing animal welfare – most notably through the recent Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act, the Animal Welfare (Penalty Notices) Act, Glue Traps ...

Australia's biggest pork producer has introduced a "maternity ring" for pigs giving birth to replace controversial farrowing crates. Farrowing crates have been in widespread use in the pork industry ...

Universities of Helsinki and Wageningen started research collaboration for to study the benefits of free group farrowing on pig welfare and productivity. Usually sows are farrowing in cages preventing ...

Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare laws Caged hens will be a thing of the past in England, the government has announced, as it ...