“A victory for animals.” That’s what philosopher Peter Singer, a luminary of the animal protection movement, called it last week when Utah’s Governor Spencer Cox signed into law Bill 147, which ...

The well-being of 42,000 egg-laying hens in Foster brought emotions to the surface Thursday in a long, late-night debate – again – over chicken cages. As the final day of the legislative year ...

When I first saw the press release, I figured it had to be an April Fools' joke. The Humane Society of the United States, a voice of outrage against all heartless exploitation of animals, joining ...

The question, “How much room does a chicken need to lay eggs?” sounds like the start of a bad joke. Animal rights activists and Connecticut’s big-time commercial egg farmers don’t think there’s ...

There are more egg-laying chickens in the U.S. than there are people. Until recently, almost all of those hens have lived in so-called battery cages, which provide each chicken with a floor space ...

Though countries like Austria, Czechia and Germany already ban the practice, and the European Commission has recently recommended making the ban EU-wide, Slovak NGOs and activists like Humane Progress ...

Michigan is on its way to making sure the state's chickens have a slightly better life. A measure signed into law this week by Lt. Gov. Garland Gilchrist requires that all egg-laying hens in Michigan ...