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Animal rights group SAFE For Animals is claiming that the days of winter grazing and colony cages should be numbered.
It's jumping for joy following the announcement that the Animal Welfare Act 1999 is to be reviewed by the Government.
The parliamentary Regulations Review Committee has told the Government to conduct a prompt review of the process for developing secondary legislation under the act, and whether all secondary legislation, particularly codes of welfare, are consistent with the intentions of the act.
A review of the act is not something too many people would oppose.
But banning winter grazing? We say wishful thinking on the part of SAFE.
Lincoln University Dairy Farm will be tweaking some management practices after an animal welfare complaint laid in mid-August, despite the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) investigation into the complaint finding no cause for action.
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A farm owner and two former Waikato contract milkers were recently fined $27,000 over a lack of feed for 230 cattle and a lack of treatment for cows suffering from milk fever.
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Westpac NZ has announced new initiatives that aim to give customers more options to do their banking in person.
New Zealand red meat exports experienced a 29% increase year-on-year in September, according to the Meat Industry Association (MIA).
The head of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) biosecurity operation, Stuart Anderson, has defended the cost and the need for a Plant Healht and Environment Laboratory (PHEL) being built in Auckland.
BNZ says its new initiative, helping make the first step to farm ownership or sharemilking a little easier, is being well received by customers and rural professionals.
The head of Fonterra's R&D facility in Palmerston North is set to literally cross the road and become the new vice chancellor at Massey University.
Allan Freeth, chief executive of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has announced he is resigning.
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