Audit boss takes aim at veterinary services during Cypra probe
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides hauled the head of the state veterinary services over the coals anew on Thursday, calling him a ‘bad-faith actor’ whose actions have...
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Veterinary services expanding its remit to include animal welfare
The cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to rename the veterinary services to include animal welfare services as part of moves to upgrade regulations on...
Probe into whether dog was put down too quickly after boy bitten
THE Animal Party has welcomed a probe ordered by the agriculture minister into the killing by the state vet services of a dog who had...
Meat checks ahead of holiday festivities
The state veterinary services are conducting intensive controls on more than 590 butcher shops island wide ahead of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. According...
Consumer watchdog wants action after dodgy meat claims
Imported meat needs to be more thoroughly checked and traced all the way to shelves and stores the Cyprus Consumers Association said on Tuesday after...
Warning of holiday meat shortage due to strike
MEAT importers and slaughterhouse owners are planning to go on strike on Monday as veterinary services staff are refusing to work overtime, which may create...
Vet services ready to help Turkish Cypriots battling bovine LSD
The Republic’s veterinary services are ready to provide assistance to Turkish Cypriots, Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyiallis said on Wednesday, as a report suggested that help...
Time runs out for negligent dog owners
By Evie Andreou The Cabinet on Monday approved a bill amending the law on dogs, which provides for heavy fines and speedier enforcement when it...
Minister to probe suspect animal waste deal
By Angelos Anastasiou IN YET another case of uncovering suspicious public sector deals, Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides has asked Agriculture minister Nikos Kouyialis to investigate...
Call for greater regulation of animal trade
By Peter Stevenson CYPRUS has been implicated in a wildlife crime syndicate along with Russia, Singapore and Thailand. According to SOS, Save our Species, a...
Pig farmers under investigation
Two pig farmers are suspected of giving feed contaminated with a carcinogenic substance to their animals, according to police. Police raided the farms on December...
Kofinou closure ‘could boost competition’
By Peter Stevenson THE closure of the loss-making Kofinou slaughterhouse in the Larnaca district should not affect the supply of meat and could even create...
Escaped monkey attacked five people before owner reportedly shot it
A PET monkey escaped from its owner in Paphos’ Mouttalos on Monday, attacking five women before its owner killed it. The deputy head of veterinary...
Poultry disease still not under control
The veterinary services were on Tuesday investigating the possibility of another case of the Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) in a poultry farm in the Mammari...