The purpose of a slaughterhouse is to kill animals as quickly and efficiently as possible for the purposes of food production ...

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.

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 ...

While I enjoy Dr. Grandin's feistiness I disagree with her views on cows. Her seemingly humane "stairway to heaven" along which cows trod to their death ("dead cow walking") doesn't protect but a tiny ...

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.

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 ...

A cow escaped on its way to slaughter in Germany and spent time as a member of a flock of sheep before finding a new ...