N.Ireland
A 56-year-old man has been convicted of attempting to ‘Damage Or Destroy the Shelter of a Wild Animal’ and fined £500 in NI
Agri Politics
A legislation that will put an end to the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening from Great Britain has been introduced.
Government
The SSPCA may receive extended powers to help investigate and tackle wildlife crime under new government plans.
Other
A man was arrested today after Dorset Police had been investigating a series of incidents involving animal cruelty and damage to crops
Agri-Business
Lincolnshire Co-op has suspended its purchase of Quack! duck eggs following reports of animal-welfare issues from its egg-supplying farm.
Pig/Poultry
Lincolnshire Trading Standards has removed 225 pigs from a farm it deemed to be a high-risk premises.
Dairy
Red Tractor has terminated a farm's dairy scheme membership following an investigation into footage shown on TV earlier this week.
The majority of British people are opposed to factory farming practises as a means of producing affordable food.
A video of a woman kicking and punching a horse in public is being shared across social media. Watch the video on Agriland...
Rural Life
A father and son operating a smallholding in Cornwall have been sent to prison for 19 weeks and banned from keeping farm animals for 10 years...
A man has been jailed after over 200 animals were found living in poor conditions on a farm in Surrey, in what the Royal Society for the...
A man who has been found in breach of an animal protection court order six times has been jailed, North Yorkshire Police have confirmed.
A petition signed by thousands of people across the island calling for a central register of animal cruelty offenders has been tabled in the Assembly today.
A man has been arrested and a crossbow recovered after a number of sheep were found dead at a Nottinghamshire farm, police have confirmed.
It's hoped that a joined-up approach would make it harder for those already banned from keeping animals to simply move to another area
Two calves were repeatedly shot with bolts from a crossbow in a vicious attack over the...
A farmer from Co. Antrim has been fined £1,750 and disqualified from keeping all farmed animals for 12 months after he was convicted in court this week.
World News
There has been more than 4,000 severe breaches of animal welfare regulations in British abattoirs over the past two years, data from the FSA shows.
An Enniskillen farmer has received two months imprisonment for causing unnecessary suffering to...
An farmer in the North has received two months in prison for causing unnecessary suffering to cattle and failure to dispose of carcasses.
A dairy farm in Canada is facing a raft of animal cruelty charges after an undercover video and subsequent investigation showed workers abusing cows.
People who are found guilty of animal cruelty in Northern Ireland will now face much tougher penalties under the law.
A Co. Antrim farmer has been disqualified from keeping animals for five years after he was...
