What is avian influenza (or ‘bird flu’) and what is its impact on animal welfare? Avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, is a highly contagious viral disease that primarily affects birds but can also pose...
What are the animal welfare issues with mass killing of farmed animals using ventilation shutdown? Ventilation shutdown (VSD) methods cause prolonged distress and suffering of animals before death. The effectiveness and time to death is...
What is mass killing? Mass killing, or the killing of large numbers of farmed animals, is at times required in the event of an...
