Pig/Poultry
One of the UK's largest pig producers, Cranswick PLC, has being stripped of it's Red Tractor Certification following alleged animal abuse.
Rural Life
A 70-year-old woman has received an eight-month custodial sentence for animal abuse subjected onto 50 animals residing in her animal sanctuary
Protesters have gathered outside Ireland's only horse abattoir in light of a recent investigation on the treatment of horses
Animal cruelty investigations are underway following the discovery of a donkey in a distressed state in a field on the Longford/Cavan border.
Fair Oaks Farms has announced that it has sacked a number of its employees due to calf cruelty - with a full investigation underway.
A Limerick farmer was convicted and fined in Kilmallock District Court for animal welfare charges following the discovery of 40 dogs.
Sheep
A number of abusive sheep shearers were filmed in secret punching, kicking and stamping on sheep as they sheared the animals.
Agri Politics
An investigation has been launched in France after an undercover video showed animal abuse at an abattoir in the south of the country.
