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.

USDA data shows cattle inventories remain historically tight, with reduced animals available for processing across all ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES -- The Humane Society sued the federal government Wednesday over what it said is a legal loophole that allows sick or crippled cattle, called "downers," into the food supply. A U.S.

After seeing video, slaughterhouse boss admits sick cows were used for beef. WASHINGTON, March 12, 2008— -- The president of the slaughterhouse that caused the nation's largest meat recall went ...

Things that make me cringe: a cow standing in line awaiting its turn to be slaughtered, a hog being boiled alive, and a pig receiving electrical shocks to die from an intense seizure. I’ve been ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian meatpacker JBS is prepared for a likely shift in the country's cattle cycle that could lead to reduced availability of animals for slaughter next year, an executive ...

In veterinary school, we watched American academic Temple Grandin narrate the Glass Walls Videos, produced by the American ...