BRUSSELS — Workers put the finishing touches on a wall of newly installed shelves at a small grocery store. Three months ago, the same wall was lined with a row of refrigerators filled with halal meat ...

LUXEMBOURG (CN) — Religious groups argued their case against a Belgian law banning ritual animal slaughter before the European Union’s highest court on Wednesday, while Belgium denied the law ...

USDA bans Mexican cattle imports after screwworm cases increase south of the border. (MemoryCatcher/Pixabay via Courthouse News) (CN) — Europe’s top rights court upheld a ban on killing livestock ...

I've been long interested in how the word "euthanasia" is misused in different branches of science and in venues where nonhuman animals (animals) are killed because they're no longer needed.

A multi-million dollar Washington D.C.-based nonprofit, the Animal Welfare Institute, has filed the second petition this year seeking a policy change with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Hamtramck officials are debating whether to update a city law to allow animal slaughter on an annual religious holiday that Muslims celebrate. The debate among City Council members, officials and ...

Britain will become the first European country to ban the export of live animals for fattening and slaughter, British Environment Secretary George Eustice will announce. The Department for Environment ...

While some might see humane slaughter as the sole province of animal-rights groups and radical vegetarians, many in the meat industry have long embraced it. Compliance with the law saves money, ...

In a conflict that pits animal welfare against religious rights, Denmark has ordered that all food animals must be stunned before being killed. The move effectively bans the ritual slaughter methods ...