Australia has suspended live exports of cattle to Egypt and proposed “major reforms”, after video footage of animal cruelty at two Egyptian abattoirs was given to the Australian Government on Wednesday...

The Hawkesbury Valley Meat Processors in western Sydney and one of its former employees have been charged with animal cruelty following heinous footage revealed recently. Australian Food News reported...

The Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL) has responded to a new Animals Australia campaign against caged egg production and moves by Coles to stop selling Coles brand caged eggs from January 2013. The...

Action by the New South Wales Food Authority has led to the cessation today of slaughtering at an abattoir on the outskirts of Sydney. The location of the abattoir remains undisclosed by the New South...

UK grocery operator Waitrose has ended its contract with a duck farm accused of animal cruelty. Allegations emerged yesterday (8 February) that workers at Hall Farm picked up ducks by their necks and swung...

The effective banning of kosher slaughter, known as shechita, in New Zealand, has taken a new turn, with the New Zealand Herald reporting that Agriculture Minister David Carter, the architect of the ban,...

A New Zealand judge has ruled that shechita kosher slaughter practices in New Zealand can resume until a lawsuit filed against Agriculture Minister David Carter comes to trial, most likely next year. Justice...

A New Zealand poultry farmer has been sentenced to 1 year in jail, fined $10,000 for investigation costs and had his right to own broiler hens revoked for 10 years, after the New Zealand Food Safety Authority...

Woolworths is continuing to work with a Tasmanian supplier of pork charged with animal cruelty. The supermarket chain has responded in the wake of footage shot by animal welfare activist, Emma Haswell,...