Qualitative Behavioural Assessment (QBA) offers a holistic approach to evaluating farm animal welfare by capturing the expressive demeanour of animals through descriptors such as calm, anxious or ...

Industrial-scale dairy wants you to believe that they can turn cows’ milk green. As US milk consumption continues its decades-long drop, industrial dairy is increasingly desperate to hold on to ...

"If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian." —Paul McCartney Every now and again, a special book comes along dealing with the ways in which so-called farm animals are mistreated ...

This is a literature review of the effects of humans' relationships with farm animals on animal productivity and welfare, including the following topics: definition of the concept and description of ...

The federal government mostly leaves policy about the housing and treatment of farm animals to the states, but there is increasing interest in a more active federal role, perhaps through the next farm ...