Farming is big business today, with cost-efficiency and profit margins often taking priority over the welfare of the animals. Some farming practices subject animals to physical and psychological stress.
Farm animals are sentient beings, capable of feeling pain and suffering, experiencing sensations and emotions - making it vital we treat them humanely.
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Humane food
Consumers can drive change to improve animal welfare for intensively farmed animals. The choices you make regarding dinning choices have an impact on farm animals. You can make a difference to farm animal welfare.
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Poultry
Millions of chickens suffer in cramped and confined conditions, unable to display natural behaviours for the production of meat and eggs.
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Sheep
In conventional merino sheep farming sheep are often subjected to painful husbandry procedures such as castration and mulesing without anaesthetic. Research shows the pain of mulesing is similar to that of castration, but it lasts longer (up to 48 hours).
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Livestock Transport
Information about long distance land transport and live export
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