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Casual brutality of chicken catching exposed

A new undercover film, which shows chickens being grabbed four at a time by their frail legs, kicked and thrown yards into already-packed crates before they go to slaughter, has been released by Animal Aid.

Posted 17 Dec 2014

Two farmers prosecuted for neglecting animals

A farmer in Yorkshire has been jailed for 16 weeks after 350 dead and dying animals were discovered at his farm, whilst another farmer in Wales has had his animals seized after they were found...

Posted 07 Aug 2014

MRSA outreak in UK turkeys

A strain of the MRSA bacterium – which is resistant to a range of antibiotics – has been identified in turkeys being prepared for Christmas at a farm in East Anglia.

Posted 27 Nov 2013

Veal production in the UK

Dairy cows are made pregnant so that they produce commercial quantities of milk. Female calves may join the herd as replacements for their worn-out mothers who are ‘culled’. The males – and some of the...

Posted 28 Oct 2013