For most pregnant pigs on big factory farms in the U.S., each four-month gestation is spent in a tiny crate. The sows can stand up but can’t turn around or take more than a couple of steps. Slats in ...

May 6 (Reuters) - An upcoming shareholder vote at Denny’s Corp (DENN.O), opens new tab could pressure the company to set targets for reducing its use of pork from suppliers that keep pregnant pigs in ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork producer, said Thursday it is on track to end the practice of keeping female hogs in small metal crates while pregnant at its U.S.

The Humane Society of the United States welcomes the announcement by Costco—the nation’s second-largest food retailer—that the chain is calling on its pork suppliers to eliminate their confinement of ...

New Jersey Department of Agriculture officials have been ordered to adopt rules and regulations for the confinement and care of pregnant pigs and calves raised for veal. NJ legislative bills A-1970 ...

Animal rights advocates praised a new law Gov. Phil Murphy signed last week that bans farmers from holding mother pigs and calves raised for meat in immobilizing crates. The law sets minimum square ...