Policy Statements
POSITION STATEMENTS – April 2020
Cluster A
- Statement on the evaluation of the use of harmful interventions and procedures in livestock
- Statement on the justification for using certain painful procedures in South African livestock
- Relief of cows with calving difficulties
- Tail docking (amputation) in dairy cows
- Dehorning cattle: accepted and illegal methods
- Willis dropped ovary technique for sterilisation of cattle
- Udder hair singeing in dairy cows
- The use of the callicrate bander to castrate adult bulls
- The mules operation as applied to wool sheep
- Teeth grinding in ruminants
- Immuno-castration of pigs
Cluster B
Cluster C
- Veld Fires and Livestock: Guidelines for farmers
- Veldbrande-en-lewendehawe-veterinere-riglyne
- Livestock breeding and animal welfare
- Livestock welfare issues to be considered with livestock predator control
- Land reform involving livestock
- Droughts and livestock
- Calf rearing on residual milk
- Consequences of stock theft
Cluster D
- Illegal donkey slaughter for their skins
- Export of livestock by sea for slaughter
- Electronic version of bull and boar stunning guidelines
- Period between stunning & bleeding at abattoirs
- Traditional and religious slaughter methods
Cluster E
Cluster F
LWCC POLICY STATEMENTS – 2018
- Imobilizers
- Period between stunning and sticking at abattoirs
- LWCC on Mulesing
- Export of livestock by sea for slaughter
- Groupings and clusters
- Dehorning of Cattle by Caustic chemicals
- Immuno-castration of Pigs
- Export of live Animals Intended for Slaughter
- Mulesing of Wool Sheep
- Udder hair singeing in dairy cows
- Willis dropped ovary technique for sterilisation of cattle
- Tail docking (amputation) in dairy cows
- Illegal donkey slaughter for their skins
- Droughts and livestock
- Hobbling of livestock
- Use of unregistered “drug” products in livestock
- Relief of cows with calving difficulties
- Farmer remedies
- Dehorning cattle: accepted and illegal methods
- Calf rearing on residual milk
- Antimicrobial resistance