It’d be difficult for Gene Gregory’s defense of battery-cage egg production to be more misleading in Monday’s guest column “Battery cages are good for chickens.” Gregory’s assertions are false or ...

Critics warn that the measure would override bans on some of the most inhumane and restrictive cages used for pigs, calves, ...

Robert Procaccianti is a Narragansett resident and vice chair of the board of directors of Farm Sanctuary, a farm animal sanctuary and advocacy organization. Lawmakers took a big step back this year ...

After a string of wins, Maryland’s animal welfare activists have set their sights on making cage-free eggs the only kind available in the state. Ten other states have laws banning eggs from chickens ...

The second round of trade talks between the United States and United Kingdom has ended with food standards, including safety, still high on the agenda. Negotiations on a free trade ...

Confidence in consumer demand for free-range eggs is prompting communities to switch to free-range poultry farming. Researchers say poultry keeping through the battery cage method violates animal ...

New research published today in the journal Scientific Reports based on the largest-to-date analysis of commercial data on egg-laying hen mortality finds that mortality in higher-welfare cage-free ...

There are renewed calls from animal rights advocates for an end to colony-cage egg farms. The Open Wing Alliance launched an international campaign about conditions in caged egg production farms, ...