SALEM — A bill meant to reduce barriers for small-scale rabbit meat production has also sparked a proposal to expand Oregon’s humane slaughter law. On-farm slaughter of 1,000 rabbits a year would be ...

For consumers, humane animal care is increasingly tied to broader questions about food transparency, environmental impact and the ethics behind meat production.

For many, eating animal products involves some cognitive dissonance. Americans tend to think that the farmed animals we eat were treated better than they actually were. In one 2017 survey, 75% of ...

Broadcast version by Alex Gonzalez for Nevada News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration ...

Results showed that all gases including CO 2, argon and helium caused some level of aversion, with CO 2 stunning showing the highest incident. Loss of posture was approximately twice as long for pigs ...