Mar. 20—This story was originally published in September of 2021. Goats can wreak havoc around the farm with their horns, breaking through fences, impaling their ungulate brethren and even violently ...

Horrific hidden camera vision shows baby goats screaming in agony as their horn buds are burnt off with hot irons at a Victorian farm. The practice, known as ‘disbudding’, prevents the growth of a ...

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has clarified the legal position on the disbudding of goats, following recent media reports concerning undercover filming on UK goat farms. The RCVS is ...

Goat kids are frequently disbudded in intensively farmed units to reduce the number of accidental injuries to other animals and farm workers due to horn growth. The most commonly used method is ...

Nowadays, most of the goat milk production in developed countries is done in intensive indoors production systems. In these systems, procedures such as disbudding are performed routinely. Disbudding ...

Sep. 28—Goats can wreak havoc around the farm with their horns, breaking through fences, impaling their ungulate brethren and even violently butting unsuspecting farmers. The decision about whether to ...