On May 13 the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) proposed an amendment to its regulation requiring the immediate humane euthanasia of nonambulatory cattle. The original 2007 regulation contains ...

WASHINGTON, March 19, 2013 – The Humane Society of the United States announced today that the Agriculture Department has granted its 2009 legal petition requesting the agency halt the “inhumane ...

What is a downer calf? I will try and answer that question, and, in so doing, hope to better inform the 72 members of Congress who signed a letter to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of ...

Wayne Pacelle is the president and chief executive officer of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). This Op-Ed is adapted from a post on the blog A Humane Nation, where the content ran ...

USDA suspends Catelli Bros. operations after reviewing secret video taken by Humane Society Catelli Bros. says it is one of the nation%27s biggest veal and lamb companies Government says videos ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has banned the slaughter of "downer" cows weighing 400 pounds or more but allows calves to be butchered. (The Associated Press) Three Oregon representatives have ...

Rain in the area benefitted pastures and boosted spirits for light weight calves. Slaughter cows and bulls were selling steady to $3 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls made up 6%, less than 1% ...