Uncaging laying hens and giving them more freedom seems like an obvious win for animal welfare. But when researchers counted not only behavioral benefits but also feed, emissions, land use, disease, ...

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When Daniel Abiliba was growing up in northern Ghana, caring for animals was part of his daily life. He shepherded cows before school. His family had a donkey, dogs, goats, cattle, and assorted ...

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 ...

Popular conceptions of farming tend to associate good animal welfare with environmental virtue — an intuition so strong that researchers have described a "humane halo" effect, where consumers who are ...

The Government is to oppose a Bill which aims to free chickens and pigs from constraining cages. Green Party MP Sue Kedgley's Animal Welfare Amendment (Treatment of Animals) Bill focuses on tightening ...

Conventional ‘barren’ battery cages were officially banned across the UK and the EU on January 1, 2012 - Tanawat Pontchour/iStock Are organic chickens or their factory-farmed cousins the ethical ...