You have written about the humane concerns of commercial poultry production, but please speak out for the pigs! We had one as a pet when I was growing up, and she was as intelligent and affectionate ...

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 ...

According to the Humane Society of the United States, nearly 100 billion land animals are being slaughtered globally each year. The meat-dependent society that we live in today is causing billions of ...

Farmed animals undergo breeding, raising, transport & slaughter. Each phase offers the opportunity for cruelty or compassion. AWI analyzes livestock practices and works to inform policymaking in a ...

Animals built to move should be allowed to move. That’s the fundamental principle behind Massachusetts’ Question 3, approved by voters in 2016 to protect farm animals and halt the use of extreme ...

Throughout human history, zoonotic diseases, illnesses that jump from animals to humans, have shaped civilizations, triggered pandemics, and rewritten the course of economies. The Black Death, which ...

Pig farmers supplying Morrisons’ Woodheads abattoir are facing growing uncertainty after the supermarket moved to cut ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christine Ro is a journalist covering science and development. A pig farm next to the Toachi River in northeast Ecuador. It’s hard ...