A movement to improve farm animals’ lives has been sweeping the country, and it has landed in New Jersey in the form of a bill that outlaws “gestation crates” — the body-sized cages that confine more ...

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Confining sows in small gestation crates has come under great scrutiny lately. Major companies like McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and most recently the nation’s second largest grocery chain, ...

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In an odd blog post, Mike Barnett, director of publications for the Texas Farm Bureau, took to the organization’s website to applaud Domino’s decision to continue sourcing meat from farms that use ...

Animal welfare activists, public submitters and the associate agriculture minister are still at odds around the use of farrowing crates and mating stalls at pig farms, amid the release of covert ...

A pig was abandoned on the side of a Tennessee road in a crate that had been covered by a blue tarp and secured with zip ties, according to Heaven Sent Farm & Rescue. The animal rescue organization is ...

Following four dog bite incidents since May – two of which happened within one week in November – the authorities moved in to ...