Washington, DC—Today, a coalition of animal protection groups submitted a rulemaking petition to the US Department of Agriculture to require pig slaughter plants to ...

A landmark report by the Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) has called for widespread CO2 “stunning” of farmed pigs to be phased ...

A leading international animal protection organisation is calling on the UK Government to end high-intensity CO2 pig stunning ...

The use of CO2 should be prohibited as a method of stunning for pigs. That is intended to prevent them experiencing avoidable ...

A COMMITTEE of animal welfare experts has recommended a ban on the use of high concentration CO2 to stun and kill pigs in a new report for the UK government.

The Farm Animal Welfare Council in 2003, and the European Food Safety Authority in 2004 and 2020, have previously recommended ...

The use of carbon dioxide as a method of stunning pigs could be banned in the next five years if Defra decides to follow recommendations made by an independent advisory body. This would require a ...

HILO — An animal rights group wrote a letter to the Hawaii County prosecuting attorney Thursday seeking criminal charges against a Hilo meat shop that improperly slaughtered a pig. According to a USDA ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Farm Sanctuary brought a federal complaint that says the slaughter rule issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will allow nearly all of the pigs slaughtered nationwide to be ...

Low atmospheric pressure stunning (LAPS) is a slaughter technique which may be less stressful for pigs (Sus scrofa domestica) than current commercial stunning and slaughter methods. The main methods ...