A new pig code is expected to be in place by April next year. Professor David Mellor, Chairman of the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) said this allows those who have already made ...

Pig owners in Sumner could be fined roughly $100 if they didn’t follow the city code. That was the law about 85 years ago. “Our pig code was from 1938 — that was the last time we had done anything ...

Christina Wolf wants this little piggy to come home. Hamlet, Wolf’s pet pig, used to greet her happily and energetically — along with her German shepherd — when she returned from a long day working in ...

The pig-headed Pork Industry Board is holding a gun to the Minister of Agriculture, David Carter, and delaying the release of a new pig code, Green Animal Welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today.

One of the most controversial practices in Canadian agriculture is on its way out with the release of the updated Pig Code.

Defra has updated its code of practice for the welfare of pigs, which includes revised guidance on issues such as enrichment, tail docking and record keeping. The code is the practical interpretation ...

Scientists have decoded the pig genome, revealing that besides ham, bacon, the domestic swine may play a key role in fighting human diseases. Pigs and humans share 112 DNA mutations which in Man have ...