Most state anti-cruelty laws also exempt farmed animals or allow standard practices that are patently cruel. No federal law in the United States explicitly regulates the treatment of animals on farms, ...

The owner of the Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, N.Y., has been forced to euthanize its flock of more than 100,000 ducks due to positive bird flu tests.

Two farms have been suspended from New Zealand Merino’s ZQ quality standard supply programme after undercover videos appeared ...

President Trump has revoked a 1994 directive that required agencies to protect minority or low-income areas from pollution and health hazards ...

PETA supporters in New York City on Thursday protested at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals headquarters for promoting animal welfare certification labels that PETA claims ...

A Woodstock state representative is proposing changes to Georgia’s pet euthanization and impound policies in response to the euthanizations of two animals popular on the internet who were seized and ...

Five wild-born elephants that have long inhabited a two-acre plot in a Southern Colorado zoo will not be able to pursue their own release, the state’s highest court ruled this week.

Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), dressed in snake costumes, urge the public not to buy or support any products made from ...

The cold weather earlier this week, Millman-Rinaldi said, likely stopped Charlie’s heart and took his breath — and life — away. As tragic as the dog's end was, the rescuer speculated it likely was ...

Simulating pain responses in robotic patients can help healthcare professionals improve their diagnostic and empathetic ...

Another exciting area of personalized medicine is using nanotechnology for gene therapy. Gene therapy involves altering or ...

The deaths of the four dogs found outside were reported by Alyssa Lewis, co-founder of Peaceful Souls Animal Rescue and ...