BILLIONAIRE philanthropists Andrew and Nicola Forrest are preparing to launch a new not-for-profit organisation to drive farm animal welfare standards across the world.
The Forrests already have a significant livestock holding, with at least five stations across Western Australia owned by ‘Harvest Road’. The company’s Koojan Downs feedlot featured in Beef Central’s Top 25 Lotfeeders series for the first time this year.
Bruce McConnel, who is the head of animal welfare at ‘Farmed Well’, said an internal program at Harvest Road, called ‘no pain, no fear’, was the catalyst…