Agri-Business
DAFM: No approval sought yet for new horse slaughter plant
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) said that it has not yet received any applications to date...
Animal Cruelty
Agri-Business
DAFM to meet EU officials on horse traceability concerns
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) will meet with European Commission officials next week to discuss the...
Agri-Business
Minister: 'Every appropriate step' being taken in horse investigation
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has said that “every appropriate step” is being taken in an...
Agri-Business
DAFM investigating supply of horses for slaughter
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is currently investigating the treatment of horses destined for slaughter. The...
Rural Life
Wicklow woman given prison sentence for cruelty to horses
Recently at Arklow District Court, a 60-year-old woman from Tinahely, Co. Wicklow was sentenced to three months imprisonment, having previously...
Rural Life
Appeal for information after calves beheaded in UK
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is appealing for information after two calves were beheaded...
Rural Life
ISPCA launches 'Cruelty No More' campaign
The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) is marking the launch of Ireland’s first-ever National Animal...
Rural Life
Three family members sentenced for breaches of animal welfare
Three members of the same family have received a total of 13 months in jail sentences, after pleading guilty to...
Rural Life
Farmer guilty of cruelty banned from keeping animals for 10 years
A farmer in Co. Donegal has been banned from keeping animals for ten years after being found guilty of repeated...
N.Ireland
Animal cruelty register petition tabled in the Assembly
A petition signed by thousands of people across the island calling for a central register of animal cruelty offenders has...
Rural Life
Man arrested after sheep 'believed to have been killed by crossbow'
A man has been arrested and a crossbow recovered after a number of sheep were found dead at a Nottinghamshire...
N.Ireland
Proposals put forward for all-island animal cruelty register
Proposals have been floated for an all-island animal cruelty register to crack down on banned animal keepers moving between jurisdictions to...
Rural Life
Gardaí investigate after horse stabbed to death in Longford
Investigations are ongoing following a heinous act of animal cruelty earlier this week where a horse was stabbed to death....
Rural Life
Graphic images: Calves targeted in 'crossbow attack'
Two calves were repeatedly shot with bolts from a crossbow in a vicious attack in the UK over the weekend....
Rural Life
Authorities investigate animal remains found on Tipp farm
Investigations have begun into the discovery of a number of animal remains on farmland in Co. Tipperary by Gardai over...
Rural Life
3 schoolboys arrested following acts of animal abuse on UK school farm
Three schoolboys have reportedly been arrested after they allegedly killed 11 chickens and attacked a pig on a school farm...
Rural Life
Man charged after 1,250 pigs found dead on Canadian farm
A 27-year-old Canadian man has been charged with a number of animal cruelty offences after more than 1,250 pigs were...
Rural Life
Donegal farmer sentenced after animals on his farm had to be put down
A man from Co. Donegal received a three month suspended jail sentence after a number of animals had to be put down...