AWI and ASPCA oppose new USDA pork regulations that speed up slaughter lines, increasing the likelihood of animal abuse and suffering Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the American ...

The RSPCA has joined calls for a ban on the so-called ‘gas chamber’ slaughter of pigs in abattoirs. The animal welfare charity put their name to a joint statement with Compassion in World Farming ...

Washington, DC—Today, a coalition of animal protection groups submitted a rulemaking petition to the US Department of Agriculture to require pig slaughter plants to ...

If you can always ask, you can always ask again. And asking again is the tactic the Animal Welfare Institute is taking with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). In May 2023, the Animal ...

HILO — An animal rights group wrote a letter to the Hawaii County prosecuting attorney Thursday seeking criminal charges against a Hilo meat shop that improperly slaughtered a pig. According to a USDA ...

A Florida man could go to federal prison for running a slaughterhouse with an inhumane way of saying, "That's all, folks," to its pigs. El Milagro Nursery President Victor Gonzalez, the 53-year-old ...