Following last weekend's Mail on Sunday revelation that a number of well-known organisations have been routinely serving meat from animals which have not been humanely slaughtered, the BVA has written to the companies involved, both to express concerns…
The Badger Trust's legal challenge to Defra's plans for targeted badger cull pilots has failed in the High Court on all three grounds.
Whilst the RSPCA has expressed its disappointment, the British Veterinary Association and British Cattle…
As the open season for shooting badgers begins on 1 June, the British Veterinary Association is reiterating its support for the planned badger cull pilots as part of the overall bovine TB eradication strategy in England.
Although the shooting of…
BVA president-elect John Blackwell has found himself on the front page of The Times today, and interviewed on Radio 4's Today programme, with a call to end the practice of slitting animal's throats and allowing them to bleed to death in order to produce…
The BVA has expressed its concern that almost two-thirds of food companies have no information on their commitment to stunning animals before slaughter – with only 4% having a "universal commitment".
The findings were published in th…
BVA has added its voice to the
According to the FSA figures, 24.4% (758,263) of sheep…
Latest figures from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) indicate that 22% of sheep and goats (3 million) are…
The latest figures from 2017/18 reveal that over 120…
In its updated position statement, the association emphasises its support of current…
This year's competition saw over 400 applications…
The study, published in Nature Scientific Reports, investigated…
The new policy has been published ahead of an upcoming review of England’s Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing…