The purpose of a slaughterhouse is to kill animals as quickly and efficiently as possible for the purposes of food production ...

Hundreds of warnings and fines are imposed every year for violations in large slaughterhouses, according to statistics published by the Dutch food agency. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product ...

One of the biggest ethical issues in animal farming has been the problem of suffering of animals at the end of their lives. Animal welfare scientists have put much effort into finding solutions for ...

The barn teemed with the baas of wooly sheep, the mooing of cows and the munching of goats – nearly 2,000 livestock tucked away at the end of a Paterson street in an industrial part of the city. The ...