Every hour, some 1,000,000 chickens, 14,000 pigs, and 4,000 cows are slaughtered for human ... enforcement of the federal law created to protect animals at slaughter—primarily the Humane Methods of ...

In February 2020, AWI, along with Farm Sanctuary, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Animal Outlook, Compassion in World Farming, Farm Forward, and Mercy For Animals, sued the US Department of Agriculture and ...

There are no legal humane slaughter standards for chickens ... Read Why Animal Welfare Matters. Breeder pigs (the female pigs that spend their lives in a cycle of pregnancy and nursing piglets ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y.— A federal district court judge ruled today that a lawsuit challenging a 2019 decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to dramatically reduce federal oversight and eliminate line ...

In the wake of shocking video footage, a pig slaughterhouse in Chilliwack B.C. has been sanctioned by British Columbia’s ...

Previously a slaughterhouse could kill up to 1,106 pigs an hour. High-speed slaughter is linked to increased humane-handling violations, including the failure to properly render pigs unconscious ...

The BC SPCA has yet to release the results of its investigation. But on Monday, assistant deputy minister of agriculture ...