Farmers, food, hospitality, animal welfare and conservation groups have called for urgent Government action in response to figures showing the UK has lost more than 90% of its abattoirs over the past ...

WE had to close the market for several days. It was just before the weekend and month’s end. That’s when we need the money the most,” says Francisco, a vendor at Single Quarter, Windhoek’s largest ...

The National Sheep Association has announced that closer regulatory alignment with Europe could bring "benefits for trade and ...

ZIMBABWE’S livestock sector is approaching the six-million-cattle mark, with the national herd projected to reach 6,1 million in 2027 as disease-control measures and breeding programmes support ...

For more than a century, the journey from paddock to plate has ended the same way: on a truck bound for the abattoir.

Owner, Carole Webb, 82, a retired veterinary nurse who operates an animal sanctuary, hand-reared him indoors using hot water bottles and heat pads. Six months later, he has blossomed into a pampered ...

A proposal to expand the West’s biggest pig slaughterhouse won’t be decided on for months after thousands of people objected ...

The Abattoir Sector Group has called for Government action as UK abattoir numbers have fallen from around 2,500 to 200.

Namibia’s livestock industry plans to submit a proposal to veterinary authorities seeking measures to allow animals to be ...

Lighter regulation and more targeted funding for local abattoirs are needed to fend off the threat of further closures. The ...

The UK’s food, farming, environmental and animal welfare sectors are calling for the Government to recognise local slaughter ...

By Rita Oyiboka/Judith Obianua/Regina Egbamiye Concerns over food safety in Nigeria are growing as indiscriminate use of ...