Defra ministers have indicated plans to move away from the use of traditional fixed farrowing crates on UK pig farms. Further details on how and when these potential changes could be implemented are ...

The National Pig Association has challenged a claim made on BBC Farming Today that sow farrowing crates will be banned “within four years”.

Animal welfare activists, public submitters and the associate agriculture minister are still at odds around the use of farrowing crates and mating stalls at pig farms, amid the release of covert ...

Activists are celebrating “landmark” animal welfare reforms that could spare millions of animals from being gassed to death or suffering in cramped cages while being farmed for their meat, eggs or fur ...

The Government has said it plans to ban sow farrowing crates within four years under proposals in the new Animal Welfare Bill. These narrow pens are used in indoor pig units, and they confine sows ...

In late January, AHDB, the NPA and the University of Leeds joined forces to host an online workshop for Defra, APHA and ...

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 ...

There are conflicting reports regarding the effect of farrowing house accommodation on piglet performance. The aim of this investigation was to use a systematic review and meta-analyses to summarise ...