Halal meat from animals slaughtered by religious ritual without having first been stunned cannot be labelled organic, on animal welfare grounds, a top European Union court ruled Tuesday. The way the ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Winston escaped death to find a piglet’s paradise. The little piggy found wandering this summer along a bustling Queens boulevard is among hundreds of animals _ including cows, sheep, ...

Donkeys are under threat in Africa, but thanks to a new rule by officials, the species is expected to regain its numbers. According to The Eastleigh Voice, millions of donkeys are slaughtered in ...

More than 2,000 cows must be destroyed on a farm in northern Hungary, where several animals have become infected with foot-and-mouth disease. Due to the outbreak, which affects pigs, cattle, sheep and ...

Should you care about the suffering of bugs? For most people, it’s a laughable question. But for those who really, really care about animal welfare, there’s a certain intellectual journey that might ...

Animal rights advocates say the new regulatory regime requires private slaughterhouse employees to make decisions about which pigs should be slaughtered, both before and in place of federal USDA ...

New York - Winston escaped death to find a piglet's paradise. The little piggy found wandering this summer along a bustling Queens boulevard is among hundreds of animals - including cows, sheep, goats ...

FORT PIERCE — A married couple avoided prison Wednesday after pleading no contest to felony charges related to what investigators in February described as an “illegal animal slaughter farm” in western ...