Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since news of the Pig family’s latest addition first broke, I’ve not been able to stop thinking about the pink swines. This is ...

For most pregnant pigs on big factory farms in the U.S., each four-month gestation is spent in a tiny crate. The sows can stand up but can’t turn around or take more than a couple of steps. Slats in ...

May 6 (Reuters) - An upcoming shareholder vote at Denny’s Corp (DENN.O), opens new tab could pressure the company to set targets for reducing its use of pork from suppliers that keep pregnant pigs in ...

Voter-approved anti-gestation crate policies on hold as SCOTUS decision looms on authority of states to restrict pork sales that meet humane and food-safety standards Animal welfare groups and farmers ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork producer, said Thursday it is on track to end the practice of keeping female hogs in small metal crates while pregnant at its U.S.

Animal rights advocates praised a new law Gov. Phil Murphy signed last week that bans farmers from holding mother pigs and calves raised for meat in immobilizing crates. The law sets minimum square ...