Lack of awareness on the part of consumers, coupled with inadequate law enforcement measures to protect captive birds, have allowed low welfare bird breeding facilities to become firmly established.

For over 50 years, birds have been denied protection under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). Twenty years ago, the animal welfare community won a lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture ...

Staff at Griffiths Family Farm - one of the UK's biggest poultry operations - are "devastated".

A bird of prey has been rescued from the roof of a high street bank after it became trapped under fixed netting. The bird, ...

However, the conflict between bird welfare and meat quality in the electrical water bath stunning systems has demanded further research into alternative stunning methods. It was found that the ...

Public health experts say there could be massive implications after President Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the ...

SINGAPORE – To strengthen its safeguards on animal health and welfare, as well as public health and safety, the Animal & Veterinary Service (AVS) is reviewing the Animals and Birds Act.