Irish Examiner view: Animal abuse takes many forms

Huge spike in the number of people trying to surrender dogs as we move out of lockdown

Dogs Trust Ireland has reported that there has been a “huge spike” in the number of people trying to surrender dogs as we move out of lockdown

President Joe Biden’s intervention in America’s beef market might resonate on this side of the Atlantic. The White House hopes to rebalance a market where farmers’ share of the price has, in five years, fallen from 51.5% to 37.3%, though the price of beef has increased. 

That just four processors control more than 80% of that market makes it easy to identify targets but it also suggests a level of power that might not be so easily curbed. That less than 5% of feedlots control 80% of the market strengthens that impression.