WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced Tuesday a total ban on the slaughter at meat plants of cows too sick or weak to stand. The planned change comes in the wake of the nation’s ...
Editor's note: Some descriptions within the story below are graphic. Reader discretion is advised. Despite an Aberdeen slaughterhouse's recent history of inhumanely handling its livestock, including ...
In 1996, animal scientist Dr. Temple Grandin conducted an audit of 24 federal slaughter plants for the US Department of Agriculture. She found that only 30 percent of the plants were able to ...
Does ‘humane’ slaughter of livestock exist, or is it merely a myth to make us feel better? | Opinion
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.
Beef cow culling hits record lows while dairy cow harvest rises. Steer and heifer numbers also fall significantly ...
In September, at a federally inspected slaughterhouse in Pennsylvania, a pig was shot three times in the head, but remained alive—vocalizing after each shot. The facility did not have a backup ...
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