Farm animals

Animals Farmed: bird flu hits the US, superbugs in pigs and the sheep with an enormous fleece
Welcome to our monthly roundup of the biggest issues in farming and food production, with must-read reports from around the web
Tom Ambrose
10, May, 2022 @10:00 AM

Greens and animal welfare groups push for Labor to give timeline for live export ban
Opposition says it will recommit to phasing out live sheep exports from Western Australia but has not indicated when it will do so
Calla Wahlquist
05, May, 2022 @3:47 AM

Country diary: I’m up with the sun, to check on the lambs and yows
Tebay, Cumbria: Some are bouncing around already, some less so. I will only intervene if there is something wrong
Andrea Meanwell
03, May, 2022 @4:30 AM

Country diary: A push, a pull … and the first calf of spring
Long Dean, Cotswolds: It’s always a happy occasion, but this little heifer in particular carries great significance for our farm
Sarah Laughton
30, Apr, 2022 @4:30 AM

Sheep shorn of 18kg fleece after three years on the lam
Elusive New Zealand merino sheep named Shrekapo was caught after years in the wilderness and relieved of half his bodyweight in wool
Eva Corlett in Wellington
19, Apr, 2022 @4:04 AM

Pic to pork – shifts in language from field to fork | Brief letters
Brief letters: Farm animals | Mary Whitehouse effect | The Guardian’s batting average | Silencing The Archers | When AI is helpful
12, Apr, 2022 @5:09 PM

Animals Farmed: egg crisis, new farmed fish killing rules and decoding pig grunts
Welcome to our monthly roundup of the biggest issues in farming and food production, with must-read reports from around the web
Tom Ambrose
12, Apr, 2022 @10:00 AM

KFC faces backlash over ‘misleading’ portrayal of UK chicken farming
Activist footage appearing to show severe overcrowding and dead birds differs from KFC film by YouTube influencer
Andrew Wasley
12, Apr, 2022 @5:30 AM

Farm animals and humans should be treated the same, children say
Moral hierarchy giving different value to different animals is learned during adolescence, survey suggests
Steven Morris
11, Apr, 2022 @1:00 PM

Danes revel in ‘dancing cow day’ for first time since Covid outbreak
National event to mark organic dairy cattle’s release from winter barns has been online only since 2020
Helen Russell in Jutland
09, Apr, 2022 @4:00 AM

Bullfighting still benefits from millions of euros a year in EU farming subsidies
Public funds to farms breeding bulls keeping ‘cruel practice’ of bullfighting alive, say animal rights campaigners
Ashifa Kassam in Madrid
18, Mar, 2022 @6:30 AM

Former senior RSPCA officers launch campaign to repair ‘broken’ animal welfare system
Experts launch Australian Alliance for Animals to push for independent national animal welfare commission
Calla Wahlquist
14, Mar, 2022 @7:00 PM
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