Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), and Mercy For Animals (MFA) condemn the USDA’s plan, released last week, to ...

In February, AWI and a coalition of animal groups sued the USDA for its decision to deny a petition asking the department to ban the cruel practice of slaughtering nonambulatory disabled (NAD) pigs.

Last week’s antics were the latest iteration of a strategy that has been unleashed by the Hindu Right over the last two years ...

There is no right or wrong way to hunt hogs. But in the author’s opinion there are methods that are more rewarding than others if sporting challenge, and not merely eradication, is the goal.

We know livestock diseases are serious when they have a highly recognizable acronym, like BSE, and are called reportable.

BUDAPEST, June 4 (Reuters) – Hungarian authorities ordered the ​culling of 3,000 pigs on a farm ‌after African swine fever ...

Organs from genetically modified pigs are being used in trials in China and the United States.

WELFARE SITUATION THAT WE’VE REPORTED ON IN THE LAST MONTH. WE RECEIVED AN UPDATE TODAY ON A SITUATION WE REPORTED ON AT THE END OF APRIL, WHERE MORE THAN 60 ANIMALS WERE FOUND EITHER DEAD OR ALIVE, ...

Ghost hogs roaming through radioactive ruins sounds like science fiction, but the real story behind Fukushima’s “mutant super pigs” is stranger than any B-movie plot. The Real Cheat Code Isn’t ...

A Glastonbury, Connecticut, couple with a now-famous pig has brought their five pigs throughout the state and further to many schools, nursing homes, birthdays and private events over the last four ...

I once raised pigs. And factory farms raise them today in conditions that are as unconscionable as they are invisible.

Of all the industries that seem primed for an A.I. disruption, agriculture may not look like the most obvious. For all its ...