I wanted a way of maybe helping some of these cases make it into the courtroom,” forensic scientist Virginia Maxwell said.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California woman on trial for taking four chickens from one of Perdue Farms’ major poultry plants has put animal treatment at slaughter houses in the national spotlight as her ...

Animal protection advocates are celebrating the closure of Manning Beef in Pico Rivera, the last cattle slaughterhouse in Los Angeles county limits. It marks what they said is a significant victory ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- An undercover video taken by animal rights group Mercy for Animals shows the apparent mistreatment of chickens at a Foster Farms poultry slaughterhouse in Fresno and at three ...

A proposed Oregon state ballot measure, called the People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty Exemptions (PEACE) Act, would make radical changes to the state's animal cruelty statute by striking ...

(KRON) — Joaquin Phoenix has leapt to the defense of a UC Berkeley student who was convicted of felony conspiracy last month after taking four chickens from a slaughterhouse in Petaluma. The Hollywood ...

Florida's HB 559 bill passed the Senate, creating new felonies for animal cruelty involving minors and increasing penalties.

The turkeys that were once docile, gentle, living, sentient beings, are nothing more than brutally slaughtered carcasses on Thanksgiving plates. These were not adult turkeys who lived a long life.

Cows in a pen at Manning Beef at Pico Rivera before the company closed its doors in Oct.. Animal Outlook, an animal rights group, is asking supporters to email Force10 Partners, which is facilitating ...