WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2014 – Tyson Foods sent a letter to its hog suppliers yesterday updating its animal well-being program and recommending that farmers provide more space for pregnant sows. “Whether ...

McDonald’s said Monday it would begin working with its pork suppliers to phase out the use of so-called gestational crates, the tiny stalls in which sows are housed while pregnant. Animal-rights ...

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Like a lot of food-obsessed people, I love pork. The chef David Chang, whose Manhattan restaurant Momofuku is practically a porcine temple, once declared the pig a “mystical, magical animal.” In ...

The American Veterinary Medical Association develops and endorses dozens of policies on a range of issues, including several that relate to farmed animals. These policies are important because, in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - If given a choice, would pigs want a solitary stall or to live in a group with peers? Studies by animal-welfare scientists to find out has lead to a multi-institutional effort ...

An animal rights group says McDonald’s is lying by claiming that it is phasing out business ties with hog farmers who keep pregnant pigs confined to narrow cages for weeks at a time. The Humane ...

The path has been opened for non-experts to easily perform 'pregnancy diagnosis of sows,' a task previously carried out by skilled professionals, through artificial intelligence (AI). On the 7th, the ...

In West Liberty, Iowa, Mike Deahr houses his 3,000 breeding pigs in small enclosures that keep them from turning around and interacting with others for the first 28 days of their 115-day pregnancy.

Californians approved regulations that farmers say will upend their businesses. MARSHALL, Minn. -- A battle over bacon is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court with major stakes for farmers, pregnant pigs ...