Federal law designed to prevent animal suffering excludes 98% of slaughtered animals and faces chronic enforcement failures ...

Our perception of animal welfare as a nation of animal lovers is out of step with policy and law that still allows differential animal treatment.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Over 70% of the sheep slaughtered in England and Wales are now killed according to halal ...

Should you care about the suffering of bugs? For most people, it’s a laughable question. But for those who really, really care about animal welfare, there’s a certain intellectual journey that might ...

Eid al Adha, also known as the Festival of Sacrifice, holds huge significance as a major Islamic festival celebrated worldwide. It is marked by Eid prayers, feasting, and Qurbani. Qurbani, also called ...

Scientists and philosophers call it the “meat paradox”—a type of cognitive dissonance that can occur among people who want to eat meat but not kill animals. The unfortunate reality, however, is that ...

Halal meat from animals slaughtered by religious ritual without having first been stunned cannot be labelled organic, on animal welfare grounds, a top European Union court ruled Tuesday. The way the ...

A barn caught fire at a historic Washington County farm on Monday night.