A ban is unlikely to remove halal or kosher food from the high street. EPA/Peter Kneffel With kosher and halal food an increasingly common feature of the British high street, a top vet has called for ...

The Humane Slaughter Act is a federal law that requires that livestock is rendered unconscious before slaughter. The law also regulates the transport of equines for slaughter and regulates the ...

One of the biggest ethical issues in animal farming has been the problem of suffering of animals at the end of their lives. Animal welfare scientists have put much effort into finding solutions for ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has submitted a petition to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) requesting that the agency write regulations designed to decrease the ...

John Blackwell, the new head of the British Veterinary Association, recently waded into the ritual slaughter debate by calling for kosher and halal meat preparation to be banned. With vets at European ...

(CN) - An animal rescue organization cannot challenge the constitutionality of Washington's humane slaughter law for livestock, a state appeals court ruled. Pasado's Safe Haven, a group "dedicated to ...

Under normal circumstances, Wild Abundance’s “The Cycles of Life: Humane Slaughtering and Butchery Class” would not inspire me to speak up, but there is a unique twist to what the business is ...

We should give the trigger warning that **this film features the slaughter of a pig on screen, and it is absolutely NOT for the faint of heart or stomach.** It’s hard to watch, but it will make the ...