Most meat-eaters want to believe that the animals they eat don’t suffer, but time and again, federal records have shown that they do. It’s not unreasonable to assume otherwise; after all, most U.S.

Most meat-eaters want to believe that the animals they eat don’t suffer, but time and again, federal records have shown that they do. It’s not unreasonable to assume otherwise; after all, most U.S.

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced Tuesday a total ban on the slaughter at meat plants of cows too sick or weak to stand. The planned change comes in the wake of the nation’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DemKota Ranch Beef plant south of Aberdeen. Despite an Aberdeen slaughterhouse's recent history of inhumanely handling its ...

Sweeping new restrictions on slaughterhouse practices to further safeguard American beef -- including an immediate ban on so-called "downer" or sick cows entering the human food supply -- were ...

WASHINGTON — The government on Saturday permanently banned the slaughter of cows too sick or weak to stand on their own, seeking to further minimize the chance that "mad cow" disease could enter the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Less than 24 hours before bullets are set to fly, a group of animal activists including the Humane Farming Association hopes an ...

Less than 24 hours before bullets are set to fly, a group of animal activists including the Humane Farming Association hopes an 11th-hour lawsuit stops the planned aerial slaughter of 150 cattle in ...