A 23-year-old UC Berkeley undergrad and animal rights activist appeared on the witness stand Friday in a criminal trial ...

FILE - This Dec. 2, 2008, file photo shows a chicken farm just outside the city limits of Pittsburg, Texas. Citing hundreds of thousands of chickens being accidentally dropped alive into scalding ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2015 – The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) claims an undercover investigation at a Minnesota poultry processing facility shows inhumane treatment of chickens. The ...

Chickens suffered an "exceptionally painful" death inside a tank of boiling water at a Bradford slaughterhouse, the city's magistrates heard. The birds were to be killed according to Halal tradition ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly 1 million chickens and turkeys are unintentionally boiled alive each year in U.S. slaughterhouses, often because fast-moving lines fail to kill the birds before they are dropped ...

Nearly 1 million chickens and turkeys are unintentionally boiled alive each year in U.S. slaughterhouses, often because fast-moving lines fail to kill the birds before they are dropped into scalding ...

People are often shocked to learn how little government oversight exists surrounding the way animals are slaughtered in the United States. There are only about 148 (full-time equivalent) humane ...

WASHINGTON – Two animal welfare groups and dozens of lawmakers want the Obama administration to improve humane treatment of poultry at slaughterhouses, citing statistics that show hundreds of ...

WASHINGTON – Nearly 1 million chickens and turkeys are unintentionally boiled alive each year in U.S. slaughterhouses, often because fast-moving lines fail to kill the birds before they are dropped ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two animal welfare groups and dozens of lawmakers are urging the Obama administration to improve humane treatment of poultry at slaughterhouses, citing statistics that show hundreds ...