These tiny pigs think they have it all figured out, but they are due for a rude awakening. 1. Little pig, you expect an Etsy store to be your only ...
Looking at these photos of adorable baby animal friends at Florida's Dade City Wild Things, it's hard to imagine a less likely trio of pals. Tiger cub...
"The principle of confinement in so-called animal science is derived from the industrial version of efficiency. The designers of animal factories appe...
Franklin and Floyd may seem like an odd pair, because really, when was the last time you imagined a cat and pig playing with each other? Thanks to ...
So-called "ag-gag" bills that criminalize undercover filming on farms and at slaughterhouses to document criminal animal abuse are sweeping the countr...
Mini pigs are possibly one of the most adorable crazes as of late. Though mini and teacup pigs don't stay so mini, they sure provide loads of joy when...
From Vetstreet's Laura Cross: Break out your pink T-shirts and curly tails, fellow swine enthusiasts: March 1 is National Pig Day. According to ...
By Paul DeBenedetto, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer QUEENS — A Whitestone family fighting to keep a pet pig named Petey rallied Tuesday to save thei...
Tracy Worcester, founder of Farms Not Factories and producer of the film Pig Business which exposes the dangers of intensive pig farming, has just ret...
There is a battle going on between animal protection advocates and the pork industry over "gestation crates," the 2-foot by 7-foot cages that confine about 80 percent of the United States' breeding pigs.
If you haven't heard of the drug ractopamine before, you're probably not alone. But if you've eaten intensively reared pork, beef or turkey, then you will almost certainly have consumed meat from an animal that's been fed the drug -- and probably eaten ractopamine yourself.
One Chinese pig farmer says he has an usual way to produce better tasting bacon. Huang Demin of Ningxiang county in Hunan province makes his pigs dive...
By Chris Wickham LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have mapped the genome of the domestic pig in a project that could enhance the animal's ...
UPDATE February 26, 2013: It has been revealed that the clip, first posted in September 2012, is a hoax. It was staged by the people behind Comedy Cen...
What would the world's reaction be if the New York Times' lead story tomorrow were "Chickens Understand That Their Throats are About to Be Slit" or "Horrific Confinement and Deprivation Feels Same to Pigs as It Does to Humans"?
Russia will slaughter at least 33,000 pigs in the Tver region after an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF), a virus that causes lethal hemorrhaging ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — State and county fairs in the sweltering and drought-stricken Midwest may see some skinnier pigs and smaller squash this year. ...
Our pigs arrived two days ago, and never did anything cuter grace a cloven hoof. They're about 25 pounds each now, and we're going to get them to about 240. Then we are going to kill them and eat them.
A half-million pigs in Chile will be killed after a slaughterhouse was forced to close. Residents of Freirina, Chile protested the slaughterhouse a...
According to René Girard, in periods of collective crisis the phenomenon of scapegoating flourishes. Today, the notorious "PIGS" (Portugal, Ireland or Italy, Greece, Spain), have become those animalized, "criminal" scapegoats.
MADRID — At least 100,000 Spaniards angered by grim economic prospects and the political handling of the international financial crisis turned o...
By Pauline Askin SYDNEY (Reuters) - Seven hundred million pigs produce a lot of poo. China's love of pork presents a mou...
According to its new policy, BK will only do business with pork suppliers that have detailed plans to end their use of gestation crates.
A Florida hunter accidentally shot his girlfriend thinking that she was his target -- a wild hog. Cops said that Brandon man Steven Egan, 52, was h...
OMAHA, Neb. — Ham will be the centerpiece of many Easter dinners this weekend, but the cost of that traditional main dish may make it harder for...
