GREAT BARRINGTON — It’s 5:30 a.m. on a recent Monday and Sean Stanton is using a flashlight to hook a trailer loaded with four pigs to his cargo van. He’s about to make the hour and 15 minute trip to ...

Animal rights advocates say the new regulatory regime requires private slaughterhouse employees to make decisions about which pigs should be slaughtered, both before and in place of federal USDA ...

The Animal Welfare Institute, Compassion in World Farming, the Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund, Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association, and World Animal ...