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…

To mark British Food Fortnight (running until 2nd October) the BVA is calling for mandatory method of production food labelling, which it says could offer post-Brexit UK food producers and farmers a unique selling point.

BVA has added its voice to the 

The number of animals killed without pre-stunning has risen sharply, according to analysis by the British Veterinary Association of the latest survey released by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

According to the FSA figures, 24.4% (758,263) of sheep…

The BVA has raised serious concerns over the lack of information on UK exports of meat from animals that have not been stunned before slaughter.

Latest figures from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) indicate that 22% of sheep and goats (3 million) are…

The BVA has joined forces with the RSPCA in calling on the Government to repeal a legal exemption that permits animals to be slaughtered without pre-stunning, causing unnecessary pain and suffering.

The latest figures from 2017/18 reveal that over 120…

The British Veterinary Association is urging the government to put welfare at the heart of any decision-making with regards to moving livestock inside and out of the UK.

In its updated position statement, the association emphasises its support of current…

Jennifer Dykes, a small animal, Nottinghamshire based veterinary surgeon, has won first prize in the 'All creatures great and small' category of the BVA Veterinary Photographer of the Year competition.

This year's competition saw over 400 applications…

The BVA, the British Cattle Veterinary Association (BCVA), the Goat Veterinary Society (GVS) and the British Veterinary Poultry Association (BVPA) have launched a new policy position addressing the issues surrounding surplus male animals on farms, recommending…

The British Veterinary Association has responded to a study by Downs et al assessing the effects from four years of badger culling in England on the incidence of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle.

The study, published in Nature Scientific Reports, investigated…

The British Veterinary Association has published a new animal welfare policy with 67 ways to improve the welfare of animals at slaughter.

The new policy has been published ahead of an upcoming review of England’s Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing…

The BVA has raised serious concerns over the findings of a new parliamentary committee report on biosecurity at the UK borders, which warns that significant volumes of meat are being illegally imported into the UK, with some entering the food chain, and…