Eid al Adha, also known as the Festival of Sacrifice, holds huge significance as a major Islamic festival celebrated worldwide. It is marked by Eid prayers, feasting, and Qurbani. Qurbani, also called ...

An official petition calling for meat sold in the UK to be clearly labelled to show whether the animal was stunned before slaughter has passed 100,000 signatures, meaning it will be debated in ...

Halal meat from animals slaughtered by religious ritual without having first been stunned cannot be labelled organic, on animal welfare grounds, a top European Union court ruled Tuesday. The way the ...

India is home to approximately 3,600 licensed slaughterhouses, sanctioned by the government. In addition, there are over 35,000 smaller, illegal operations that continue to function without oversight.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Could you personally slaughter an animal that you watched take its first breaths? Most people, especially animal lovers, would ...

All throughout the natural world, animals eat other animals. Giant whales eat tiny krill, cats eat small rodents and birds, and humans eat fish and farm animals. Under normal circumstances, there's ...

A new report, Humane Slaughter Update: Comparing State and Federal Enforcement of Humane Slaughter Laws, has just been published by the Animal Welfare Institute. According to the report, nearly three ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) late yesterday filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its unreasonable delay in responding to an AWI petition—filed in ...

Since Double Brook Farm is small compared to large, industrial farms, fewer animals are slaughtered – and more care and attention can be taken to each one. Nurturing humanity in animal farming – which ...