A new pig code is expected to be in place by April next year. Professor David Mellor, Chairman of the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) said this allows those who have already made ...

Pig owners in Sumner could be fined roughly $100 if they didn’t follow the city code. That was the law about 85 years ago. “Our pig code was from 1938 — that was the last time we had done anything ...

A leaked copy of the tightly guarded draft pig code reveals why the pork industry threatened legal action to suppress crucial information related to the banning of sow crates, says national animal ...

Christina Wolf wants this little piggy to come home. Hamlet, Wolf’s pet pig, used to greet her happily and energetically — along with her German shepherd — when she returned from a long day working in ...

Defra has updated its code of practice for the welfare of pigs, which includes revised guidance on issues such as enrichment, tail docking and record keeping. The code is the practical interpretation ...

Scientists have decoded the pig genome, revealing that besides ham, bacon, the domestic swine may play a key role in fighting human diseases. Pigs and humans share 112 DNA mutations which in Man have ...

JUST NINE New Zealand pig farms comply with a pig welfare certification code developed by the SPCA two years ago. The SPCA certification system for pigs was developed after an approach from ...