Animal rights advocates say the new regulatory regime requires private slaughterhouse employees to make decisions about which pigs should be slaughtered, both before and in place of federal USDA ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Federal government regulators proposed changes Friday in the way most hogs slaughtered for meat in the U.S. are processed in a series of new rules that officials say improve ...

SPRINGFIELD — Animal rights group PETA parked near Theodores’ Blues, Booze and BBQ on Thursday, playing a recording on the street of pigs squealing on their way to slaughter. People for the Ethical ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Hog production is returning to profitability as feed prices fall, and a reduction in slaughter numbers seems to show that producers are noticing, Purdue Extension agricultural ...

PASO ROBLES, Calif – Sinton and Sons Local Meats and Provisions is taking corrective actions after federal inspectors witnessed the improper slaughter of a pig in early February. Personnel with the ...