A rescue effort saw the cow returned to a nice clean bed of straw in a barn

New legislation will introduce the option to issue fixed penalty notices for a range of animal health and welfare related offences.

Ryan Martin, of Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire, was snared after the Scottish SPCA and Police Scotland were alerted to his crimes.

The National Sheep Association (NSA) has issued a warning to sheep farmers after the first case of bluetongue in sheep in the UK has been confirmed.

The government has confirmed an eighth case of bluetongue within Kent's expanded temporary control zone (TCZ).

Three piglets had to be rescued from a barn fire at Castleton which left the building completely burnt out.

Farmers have been put on high alert after a spate of unexplained sheep deaths.

A cow was stolen from a field on a farm and police are asking anyone with information to come forward.

Police are appealing for information after 70 live turkeys and equipment was stolen from a farm in the Bridport area.

Police have issued an appeal after a "substantial number of sheep" were stolen from farmland in Co Derry.

A single human case of an influenza strain that is currently circulating in pigs in the UK has been confirmed in North Yorkshire.

Farmers seeking help with lambing can now use a sheep sector initiative which pairs businesses with agricultural and veterinary students.

Defra confirmed a total of five cows have been culled since November 11 after contracting bluetongue

Andrew Dixon said he has been left 'emotionally distressed' after witnessing a dog attack which killed one Texel ewe

A Devonshire farmer has been fined nearly £7,000 after his cows attacked a dog walker on a public footpath.