A flatulent pig sparked a gas emergency in southern Australia Thursday when a farmer mistook its odours for a leaking pipe, officials said. Fifteen f...
AFP | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green
TAIPEI (AFP) -- Farmers in southern Taiwan have started to potty-train their pigs in response to a planned water pollution fee, breeders and officials...
Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green
Animals do some amazing things... every week a new video goes viral, proving just how fascinatingly smart animals really are. Check out this slideshow...
Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green
Coming out of England, the latest high-end pet hitting the market is, wait for it, a pig. But it's not just any pig. These "teacup pigs" only grow ab...
Posted 11.25.2009 | Green
This has been a particularly busy week in animals here at HuffPost Green. Adorable photos, cute videos, and serious news stories have kept us entertai...
Mother Nature Network | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green
They killed all 300,000 of Egypt's pigs this spring in an impulsive attempt to control swine flu, even though no cases had been reported within the co...
Huffington Post | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green
Who knew pigs could fly? Check out these pork-bellied tricksters as they soar through the air at the annual Royal Melbourne Show in Australia. Vote fo...
Ed Levine | Posted 08.29.2009 | New York
Beef and chicken, so has been. Pork is in.
AP | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Hogs on the highway aren't always motorcycles. Arkansas State Police say a tractor-trailer rig hauling pigs overturned early...
AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 07.02.2009 | Green
STERKSEL, Netherlands — The 2,700 pigs on the farm that John Horrevorts manages yield more than ham and bacon. A biogas plant makes enough elect...
Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics
Before the days of modern medicine, people relied on folk remedies. To ward off the flu, for example, you might have to wear a sock full of onions eat...
Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green
If a commercial flight is a prime breeding ground for airborne infectious disease, consider the digs of modern hogs: factory farms.
The Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2009 | World
They were able to break free when the vehicle was in an accident near the Malton Bacon Factory in York, which made the back doors swing open....
AFP | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green
From the not-making-this-up department: Move over Miss Piggy, show business has found its new pink-snouted celebrities -- meet Piggy, Lilly, Pauli an...
Richard Valeriani | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
Unemployment figures reach 16-year high. They now include impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who's now Bla-gone-evich. So much for presumption of innocence.
AP | AMY LORENTZEN | Posted 02.20.2009 | Green
DES MOINES, Iowa — The National Pork Producers Council said Monday it is suing to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency's requirement th...
Clusterstock | Joe Weisenthal | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business
The sudden collapse of oil prices has made people really quiet about peak oil and superspikes and various theories that were popular during the run-up...
AP | BOB JOHNSON | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — For farmers, this stinks: Belching and gaseous cows and hogs could start costing them money if the federal government decides...
Paul Szep | Posted 01.01.2009 | Home
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Jonathan Handel | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics
Learn more about California Proposition 2, regarding cruel confinement of farm animals. Check out my interview with a representative from the Yes on 2 campaign.
Jonathan Handel | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics
Prop 2 would not require that animals be free range -- but would grant farm animals the ability to move about, even while caged, is just basic decency.
Kathy Freston | Posted 10.21.2008 | Green
No one wants to see and hear such vile things, but we can't ignore them either. This kind of cruelty is a reflection on our country, our sense of pride for being decent people.
Wall Street Journal | Juliet Ye | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Some fed-up Chinese just want to eat like pigs. In recent weeks, news that hogs are being specially raised to feed the athletes at the next year's Be...
The Times of India | Posted 12.21.2009 | Green