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 ...

“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 ...

It's not clear which living conditions are the best for fowl Egg production has been a key target of animal welfare initiatives Massachusetts is the latest state to vote on a ballot initiative to ...

The typical life of an egg-laying chicken is beginning to change dramatically. Ninety percent of the eggs we eat come from chickens that live in long lines of wire cages, about eight birds to a cage.

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 ...

Gov. Kate Brown today signed a bill freeing egg-laying hens from cages. Senate Bill 1019 requires commercial farms with 3,000 or more chickens to go cage-free and prevents the purchase or sale of ...

Will the next egg you crack come from a chicken raised in a roomier barn? Foodies and farmers are in unusual agreement on the answer: If not now, then soon enough. Both say McDonald’s recent decision ...

The campaign to force America's farmers to change the way they handle their animals celebrated a victory this week. McDonald's USA announced that in the near future, it will no longer buy eggs from ...