Rural Life
Two transporters of bobby calves have pleaded guilty to animal cruelty relating to rough handling...
A couple has received two-month prison sentences and lifetime disqualifications from keeping animals after admitting cruelty to dogs.
A woman has been handed down a suspended prison sentence in Carlow and has been banned from every...
A collie breeder from Co. Cork who was handed down a jail term at a court in Cork in April after...
N.Ireland
A 56-year-old man has been convicted of attempting to ‘Damage Or Destroy the Shelter of a Wild Animal’ and fined £500 at a court in NI
A 78-year-old man has been convicted of animal cruelty at a court in Co. Cork after an investigation by the ISPCA.
A Carlow has been handed a lifetime ban on owning dogs in court after she admitted eight charges under the Animal Health and Welfare Act.
A collie breeder has been handed down a jail term following a case where dogs were found to be held...
Nigel O’Hara of Fourteen Acres, Kilcarrig, Bagnalstown, Co. Carlow who was convicted of animal cruelty in February 2024.
A five-month prison sentence has been imposed on a couple in Co. Kildare who plead guilty to cruelty of a horse this week, March 2025.
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) said that it has not yet received any applications to date from other processors to slaughter horses.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) will meet with European Commission officials next week to discuss the issue of traceability in horses.
Minister Charlie McConalogue said "every appropriate step" is being taken in an investigation into the supply horses for slaughter.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is currently investigating the treatment of horses destined for slaughter.
A woman from Co. Wicklow was sentenced to three months imprisonment, having admitted to charges relating to horse cruelty,...
RSPCA is appealing for information after two calves were beheaded and killed, along with others injured in a farm attack in the UK
The Irish ISPCA is marking the launch of Ireland’s first-ever National Animal Week with their ‘Cruelty No More’ campaign.
Three members of the same family have received jail sentences, after pleading guilty to charges, under animal welfare legislation.
A farmer in Co. Donegal has been banned from keeping animals for ten years after being found guilty of repeated animal cruelty.
A petition signed by thousands calling for a central register of animal cruelty offenders has been tabled in the Assembly today.
A man has been arrested and a crossbow recovered after a number of sheep were found dead at a Nottinghamshire farm, local police confirmed.
Proposals have been floated for an all-island animal cruelty register to crack down on banned animal keepers moving between jurisdictions to avoid detection.
Investigations are ongoing following a heinous act of animal cruelty earlier this week where a horse was stabbed to death.
