News from 2022
19.09.2022
Dairy cattle - beef cattle
Experts agree: Dairy cattle have poorer animal welfare than beef cattle
A research team from Denmark, Great Britain, Holland and Germany - including PD Dr. Lorenz Gygax - has shown in an expert survey that calves and cows from the dairy sector have a higher risk of restrictions on animal welfare than calves and cows from meat production. It doesn't matter whether the calves are being raised for veal, beef, or to replace cows.
► to the HU press release
► to the article
11.03.2022
Pigs give away their feelings by grunting...
An international team of researchers - including Prof. Edna Hilmann - was the first in the world to translate the grunting sounds of pigs into actual emotions.