This neglect has deepened the poverty cycle in many households. For instance, findings from the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS 7) have shown that more than 66 per cent of poor households engage ...

Animal rights activists believe that thousands of cattle from Uruguay are threatened with death on board a livestock transport ship. The boat Spiridon II, which set sail two months ago, is apparently ...

Fresh regulations standardise permissions, make conditions more humane; expected to ease harassment of cattle transporters and traders in the state MUMBAI: The state government has issued fresh ...

The Western Cape Agriculture Department is calling on all livestock owners to report the transportation of their animals. This comes after the foot and mouth disease outbreak was confirmed this past ...

Farmers from Maharashtra, along with members of the Quresh Conference, have urged the Central Government to establish a nationwide livestock transport service in collaboration with state governments — ...

BRUSSELS — The Danish farm minister is determined to spend some of his remaining political capital on the plight of millions of piglets rumbling across the continent packed into semitrucks. The ...

A new national accreditation scheme for transporting livestock will reportedly set a new benchmark for animal welfare, traceability and biosecurity. CoRLink’s National Animal Welfare Accreditation ...

The president of the WA Livestock and Rural Transport Association (LRTAWA), Ben Sutherland, says the live sheep export transition grants may not deliver relief to rural transporters. The Livestock ...

The draft legislation sought to cap journey times for slaughter-bound animals at nine hours, increase space in transport vehicles, and mandate night-time travel during extreme heat. But it has faced ...

Climate change is driving livestock farmers to consider farm resilience and feed security. But it should also make them think about the increasing challenge from wildfires and the risk to their farm ...

Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-Nevada) has introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting farm animals from disease and inhumane treatment when they are transported over long distances in the ...