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animal welfare

April 10, 2019

Government to look into labelling of non-stunned meat

The Government has announced it will look into the labelling of meat so that consumers know whether ot not the animal was stunned before slaughter.
August 24, 2018

Alarm at deal to export non-stunned meat to Saudi Arabia

Humanists UK has expressed alarm at a new trade deal with Saudi Arabia to export non-stunned British lamb meat.
July 14, 2018

Lancashire Council votes to ban non-stunned meat in schools

Lancashire County Council has voted for a second time to remove non-stunned meat products from its schools.
November 20, 2017

New NAFTA talks 'threaten family farms, health and environment'

The fifth round of secret negotiations on a new North American Free Trade Agreement has begun in Mexico. Farm policy will be a central topic of discussion among negotiators from Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
February 7, 2017

Debate on the ethics of fur to take place at Oxford

Leading academics from around the world will debate the ethics of the international fur trade at a Summer School at St Stephen's House, Oxford, from 23-26 July, 2017.
December 24, 2010

Lincolnshire mega-dairy under ethical attack

The Green Party has become the latest group to criticise proposals to construct a 3,770-cow "mega-dairy". They say it would be a "bad move" for agriculture.
May 5, 2010

Cameron challenged over animal welfare

A series of full-page adverts in today's national newspapers launched by the UK animal welfare group PAL, warn that a vote for David Cameron will risk the fox hunting ban being overturned.
January 9, 2010

RSPCA launches animal welfare hotline

The RSPCA and NFU (National Farmers Union) are joining forces to help farmers and their animals caught in the snow, ice and sub-zero temperatures that have brought parts of the country to its knees.