No amount of oversight can make killing those who want to live “humane.” We must confront the fact that the real solution lies not in reforming slaughter, but in eliminating it altogether. Brian C.

One of the biggest ethical issues in animal farming has been the problem of suffering of animals at the end of their lives. Animal welfare scientists have put much effort into finding solutions for ...

One of the biggest ethical issues in animal farming has been the problem of suffering of animals at the end of their lives. Animal welfare scientists have put much effort into finding solutions for ...

Authorities in Shandong province, eastern China, have approved guidelines for the welfare of slaughtered chickens, Qilu Evening News reported on Sunday. Though the guidelines are nonbinding and ...

SALEM — A bill meant to reduce barriers for small-scale rabbit meat production has also sparked a proposal to expand Oregon’s humane slaughter law. On-farm slaughter of 1,000 rabbits a year would be ...

In early 2008, a slaughterhouse investigation revealed multiple incidents of egregious cruelty to cattle at the Westland-Hallmark Meat Packing Co. in Chino, California, resulting in widespread public ...

In 1978, the Congress passed the HMSA to ensure that cattle, sheep, pigs, and other animals destined for human consumption are handled and slaughtered humanely. The FSIS, which is responsible for ...

IN the thirteenth annual Benjamin Ward Richardson Lecture which was delivered before the Model Abattoir Society on November 27 and has just been published, Sir Leonard Hill, who had chosen for his ...