Federal law designed to prevent animal suffering excludes 98% of slaughtered animals and faces chronic enforcement failures ...

Our perception of animal welfare as a nation of animal lovers is out of step with policy and law that still allows differential animal treatment.

Pressure is mounting for a review of the labelling of meat from animals slaughtered without pre-stunning, with a recent petition having attracted over ...

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 ...

A new study in Scientific Reports reveals the hidden pain of fish during slaughter and offers practical solutions to improve their welfare. Focusing on rainbow trout, the research quantifies pain in ...

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.

Aquaculture is now the fastest-growing food production sector globally, supplying more than half of the fish and seafood ...

USDA bans Mexican cattle imports after screwworm cases increase south of the border. (MemoryCatcher/Pixabay via Courthouse News) (CN) — Europe’s top rights court upheld a ban on killing livestock ...

The European Commission has registered two new European Citizens’ Initiatives related to animal farms and labeling of food. The European Citizens’ Initiatives are “Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter” and ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) lauds today’s filing of the Finding Urgent Relief from Vectors for Infection Risk and ...