South Africa recorded a 15% decrease in rhino poaching last year, with 420 rhinos killed, compared with the 499 killed in ...

A Rangitikei farmer has been sent to prison for 28 months and banned from being in charge of animals indefinitely over the preventable deaths of lambs and sheep.

But the new legislation has also drawn criticism that it could unfairly hobble livestock farmers by banning anyone but a veterinarian from performing procedures such as dehorning, ultrasound to ...

Analgesia for dehorning calves has been a somewhat controversial subject ... Keystone (the large ones with two handles similar to wooden baseball bats) dehorners were the tools of the day. Pulling ...

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Dehorning significantly decreases the risk of poaching ... The horns are then carefully and precisely removed using specialized tools. Great care is taken to minimize any potential pain or distress to ...

The number of rhinos killed in South Africa has dropped from around 500 deaths in 2023, to 420 last year – largely because of a major dehorning programme in KwaZulu-Natal’s world-famous ...

Organisers of the 63rd Golden Shears are looking at ways of coping with big entries for some grades at the 2025 event in Masterton from February 27 to March 1. By Wednesday afternoon, 413 entries ...

Wairarapa shearer David Buick in action at the Golden Shears. Photo / Pete Nikolaison Organisers are also gearing up for the 20th Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in 2026.

MANILA, Philippines — Overcast skies and rains are expected in many parts of the country on Thursday due to the shear line, the northeast monsoon or amihan, and the easterlies, the Philippine ...