animal-welfare

Annual killing of infant gannets has been carried out on a remote Scottish island for at least 400 years Animal welfare campaigners have called for talks on phasing out the “inhumane” hunt for infant gannets known as guga, which are killed by hunters on a remote Scottish island once a year. OneKind and the League Against Cruel Sports said it should be slowly phased out in dialogue with the Hebrid…

Published on June 5, 2026 10:04 PM GMT Why I stopped donating to animal welfare charities but feel more motivated than ever to redirect money and talent to the cause. I have wanted to write this post for a while. It is an uncomfortable thing to bring up. Many people in the animal welfare space are working really hard, and this post might leave some feeling defeated. But I think this is one of the…

Hundreds of people applied to adopt beagles from a breeding facility – but ‘these are not ordinary dogs’, says one rescue worker In May, 1,500 beagles were released from Ridglan Farms, a breeding and bioresearch facility near Madison, Wisconsin. The event made headlines . Soon, a deluge of tear-jerking videos followed, showing the lab beagles experiencing the outside world for the first time. Mil…

Blog / The Hidden Cost of Systems That Cannot Grow For zoological institutions, wildlife sanctuaries, and managed care facilities, the challenge of managing animal data is not simply a technical problem. It is an operational one with direct consequences for animal welfare, regulatory compliance, and institutional credibility. Many organisations that invested in record keeping infrastructure [&#82…

Endangered snow leopard had leg amputated and capybara died at Mario Tabraue’s controversial roadside facility An endangered clouded leopard had a leg amputated and a capybara died following botched breeding attempts at a controversial Miami roadside zoo owned by a convicted drug trafficker featured in the Netflix documentary Tiger King . Federal wildlife inspectors found multiple other violation…

Crickets respond to harm in a way that satisfies a key criterion many scientists and philosophers use to infer pain: flexible, directed self-protection

By: GenoMar GenoMar is strengthening its approach to animal welfare across all operations through a strategic partnership with FAI — a globally recognized organization with scientific expertise in animal welfare across multiple species and production systems. A Science-Based Approach to Animal Welfare FAI combines scientific knowledge with practical implementation experience across terrestrial an…

Last year, nearly 130 million pigs were raised for meat in the US, but they didn’t come out of nowhere; they had parents. Or as pork producers call them, “breeder pigs.”  Since the 1970s, producers have been keeping most of the breeding females — known as sows — in tiny enclosures called gestation crates. It’s […]

Published on May 13, 2026 4:11 AM GMT 1. The funding gap 314 organisations applied to the first round of the India Animal Welfare Funding Circle, which we launched in December, 2025 . Looking at what got funded versus what applied, the two pictures are almost completely inverted. The largest categories of applications, direct care and livelihoods-focused work, contributed least to the funded port…

Published on May 7, 2026 4:34 PM GMT Note: This post was crossposted from the Coefficient Giving Farm Animal Welfare Research Newsletter by the Forum team, with the author's permission. The author may not see or respond to comments on this post. Subtitle: The pork lobby is one farm bill away from gutting our strongest farm animal welfare laws Last Thursday, the US House of Representatives passed …

San Diego Humane Society finds more than 400 animals at Julian facility, with malnutrition and injuries amid bankruptcy dispute Authorities in California have rescued more than 400 animals, including horses, cats, dogs and goats, from a now shuttered sanctuary in San Diego county. The San Diego Humane Society conducted the massive operation last week at Villa Chardonnay, a sprawling facility in J…

In animal experiments involving mice, changes in the facial expression indicate whether an animal is suffering. Until now, researchers have had to rely on the human eye to detect any possible signs of pain or distress. A standardised video monitoring system and AI algorithms now make this task easie...

In animal experiments involving mice, changes in the facial expression indicate whether an animal is suffering. Until now, researchers have had to rely on the human eye to detect any possible signs of pain or distress. A standardised video monitoring system and AI algorithms now make this task easie...

New research has revealed dairy calves which are fed less complete tasks faster and remember more in pursuit of milk, but miss out on play.

Sarah DeYoung, CHEER’s households thrust and community engagement lead, joins The Alerting Authority podcast to offer her insight on the critical role animals – ranging from exotic pets to livestock – play in disaster decision-making and outcomes.

Surveys worldwide show that most people find common animal farming practices unacceptable, even where meat consumption is high.

By International Council for Animal Welfare The German discounter commits to electrical stunning or similarly effective methods for all farmed prawns worldwide by 2035 — the broadest scope of any retailer commitment to date Aldi Süd has committed to implementing electrical stunning or similarly effective methods before slaughter for all farmed prawns by 2035, and […]

Draft and pulling horses are used in a traditional equestrian sport in the Valencian Community (Spain), in which horses must pull a cart loaded with a weight equivalent to twice their body weight along a sand track. Although it constitutes cultural heritage, this practice raises questions about animal welfare since it involves working horses under demanding physical exertion. There are no studies…

This month, Thailand has seen the death of 72 captive tigers at two locations in the city of Chiang Mai, raising questions about the welfare of these giant cats in tourist-facing institutions. The animals died at Tiger Kingdom’s Mae Rim and Mae Taeng facilities between February 8 and 18, per a statement from the government’s regional livestock office cited by Chiang Mai City Life. Veterinary team…

CSU and Alltech created a bilingual poster to help dairy producers and workers make informed calf transport decisions, promoting animal welfare and operational efficiency. The post Colorado State University and Alltech create bilingual poster to help dairy workers make informed calf transport decisions appeared first on College of Agricultural Sciences . The post Colorado State University and All…