A terracotta figurine in the form of a pig was made in Egypt around 3000 b.c., during the Early Dynastic period. Pork accounts for more than a third of the world’s meat, making pigs among the planet’s ...

As Christmas has finally arrived, most people will be spending today surrounded by friends, family, loved ones, and beloved ...

Birch Brook Farm is a first-generation farm with ties to a long family history. Owners Molly and Sam Lane raises and sells ...

The guest is Katie Hofschield, Director of Marketing for the Humane Society of Western MontanaThe dog is Lady Bird, a 9 year ...

BACK when lockdown hit millions of us were desperate for a puppy – but five years on, Brits are hopping mad for a new favourite pet. New data reveals that while the dog was the ultimate lockdown ...

Despite the impact of avian flu, which has been devastating for some turkey farmers, the industry says there will not be a shortage this Christmas. Poultry farms were hit so badly in 2022 that many ...

Spain is investigating the origin of a deadly virus which has been detected in wild boar and which has caused several countries to stop importing Spanish pork products. Local authorities in the ...

Spain's government said Friday it had not ruled out an accidental laboratory leak as the cause of an outbreak of African swine fever that has rocked the country's lucrative pork industry. Spain has ...

On November 26, two wild boars were found dead in Bellaterra, Barcelona in Spain. The deaths were found to be the result of African swine fever, a disease which does not affect humans but is often ...

There is no medicine for this disease, nor will one be available in the near future, meaning authorities have to resort to medieval measures to counter a plague Wild boars being used to research the ...