In my recent article, I discussed a paper I published in the journal Animals on whether humane animal slaughter is possible. Since I have received numerous replies, I would like this opportunity to ...
When monitoring Vermont slaughterhouses, state and federal inspectors follow the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act, which requires animals be rendered unconscious and unable to feel pain, using just one ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two animal welfare groups and dozens of lawmakers are urging the Obama administration to improve humane treatment of poultry at slaughterhouses, citing statistics that show hundreds ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Faulted for its enforcement, the Agriculture Department has begun tracking the hours that inspectors spend on assuring that cattle and hogs are slaughtered humanely. Last fall, ...
GREENBACK, Tenn. — Federal food safety inspectors took action against a farm and butcher shop in Greenback after they said an inspector watched as an animal was inhumanely slaughtered earlier this ...
Scientists and philosophers call it the “meat paradox”—a type of cognitive dissonance that can occur among people who want to eat meat but not kill animals. The unfortunate reality, however, is that ...
WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund filed a legal petition today asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
SHE’S SCHEDULED TO START THAT TRIAL IN JULY. MORE THAN 100 ANIMALS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO A SANCTUARY THIS MORNING AFTER BEING SAVED FROM AN ILLEGAL SLAUGHTERHOUSE IN SAINT LUCIE COUNTY. IT HAS SINCE ...
OR STRUCTURALLY SOUND FOR THE PUBLIC. WELL, THIS AFTERNOON, A NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY IS RALLYING AROUND TWO WOMEN AFTER THEIR GOATS WERE REPORTEDLY STOLEN, WITH ONE NOW DEAD AND ANOTHER MISSING A ...