DENVER (AP) — Recently released undercover video showing pigs being kicked, hit and punched at a Kentucky supplier for the world's largest meat producer drew prompt condemnation from animal rights ...

For most pregnant pigs on big factory farms in the U.S., each four-month gestation is spent in a tiny crate. The sows can stand up but can’t turn around or take more than a couple of steps. Slats in ...

I dressed up like a half man/half pig and spent the night in an animal cage scaring visitors walking through the new Zoo haunted maze at Knott’s Berry Farm.

BOSTON (AP) — When voters head to the polls in November, supporters of a pro-farm animal ballot question want them to have one question in their minds: What would it feel like to spend their entire ...

California voters will soon decide whether to ban the sale of meat and eggs from farm animals raised in cages. A November ballot measure, Proposition 12, would require more spacious digs for pigs, ...

Mark Essig is the author of “Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig.” In a little discussed pending Supreme Court case, National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, the conditions of ...

China’s animal welfare awakening has gathered pace after Qinglian Food Company committed to phase out cramped sow stalls by 2025. The breeding and meat processing firm will cut the number of sow ...

The Animal Products (Closing the Welfare Gap) Amendment Bill was tabled in May by Green MP Steve Abel. The bill will enable the Minister to set animal welfare standards for animal products sold in New ...