Under “fallen stock” rules, farmers and smallholders must remove dead livestock for official disposal as soon as possible.

HAVING observed marked variations in the lengths of exhibition carcases of swine used for bacon curing, Prof. A. M. Shaw, of the University of Saskatchewan, suspected that the difference might be ...

Three deer carcases were reported dumped under the bridge, just upstream from popular whitebaiting areas. About two and a half tonnes of illegally dumped rubbish, which included sheep carcases ...

The carcases of almost 900 cattle and sheep culled because of the foot-and-mouth crisis will have to be exhumed after it emerged that they were buried in the wrong place, the Ministry of ...

Sheep carcases are still being dumped on Hastings' streets. Children had to walk to past the latest pile of dumped offal and skins on their way to school this morning.

There was a mix of breeds (Charolais, Friesian and Limousin, mainly) with their weights ranging 300-340kgs carcase for the steers. When killing heifers they like carcases from 280-310kgs.

Carcases of lambs and pigs have been stolen from a slaughterhouse near Sherbourne, Dorset. Sixteen animals were taken from the abattoir in Holnest, including 14 lambs and two pigs. The burglary took ...

From just six levies in 1960, there are now more than 200 across Australian industry, as the more palatable form of taxation spreads without any over-arching policy.

The disruption of slaughtering led to a build-up of around 100,000 cattle on farms which normally, and the pressure to get these cattle killed continues to be an issue for finishers.

THE Environmental Protection Agency wants animal carcases burned or rendered down rather than buried to protect drinking water supplies during the foot-and-mouth crisis, the Irish Independent has ...

Bay of Plenty Regional Council has hauled more dumped animal carcases out of the water – this time near Maketu. The animals, which included cows, pigs, deer guts and carcases had been in the ...