The vote followed intensive lobbying by the “End the Cage Age” European Citizens Initiative, led by 170 NGOs across Europe, which garnered 1.4m signatures from EU citizens and demanded the phasing out of cages on farms. MEPs voted by 558 to 37 with 85 abstentions on the non-binding resolut

First of all, I have to set the record straight: I can totally understand why people become vegetarians and vegans. Their conscience cannot accept large companies irresponsibly slaughtering animals, using them for profit and abusing them for even more financial gain.

I am totally on the

Dec. 23 2021, Published 4:20 p.m. ET

Eggs are an important resource in Stardew Valley; they can either be used to feed yourself while you're out exploring mines, be turned into mayonnaise using a mayonnaise machine, or be hatched to give your farm more pets.

But in order to ke

Human-animal relationships transcend barriers and often become source of hope and happiness. Rejected by its own mother, a little donkey was fostered by people in Lincolnshire farm, England. The donkey’s birth also made its owner resilient during turbulent times.

John Nuttal, owner of

By Horatio Clare For The Daily Mail

Published: 19:33 EST, 23 December 2021 | Updated: 20:09 EST, 23 December 2021

Help yourself to a roast owl, come and sit down by this mighty fire, and welcome to Christmas, 18th-century style. 

It is Christmas Eve, with the s

Scientists are inching closer to a major breakthrough in organ donation. This week, researchers at New York University announced that they transplanted a pig kidney to a human for the second time with no short-term issues, following their initial success two months earlier. Clinical trials of

McKinney residents are now able to keep potbellied pigs as pets. (Community Impact Newspaper file photo)

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At present, organic poultry production with its commitment to improve animal welfare, environmental impact and human welfare is closest to the One Welfare approach, which also includes food security, sustainability, the reduction of suffering and improvements in the productivity of farms by ap

Calving season can be a stressful time, especially considering the unpredictability of when cows will calve. Keeping an eye on your herd is doable in the daylight, but management becomes more challenging during the dark of night.

Although somewhat out of producers’ control, research sh

Trouw Nutrition, a Nutreco company, has announced Kinetio, a patented technology aimed to optimise the digestion of nutrients in young pigs. Kinetio, currently used in the Milkiwean product range, uses degradation kinetics (speed of digestion) to analyse insoluble and soluble dietary prote