PORTSMOUTH — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals targeted downtown Portsmouth eateries Thursday with a protest against chicken slaughter and consumption. A “Hell on Wheels” vehicle from PETA, ...

A group of animal-rights activists want the city to stop the slaughter of 50,000 chickens on the streets of Brooklyn in the days leading up to Yom Kippur. “This is a huge public health threat, a toxic ...

On Monday night, Crown Heights played host to the latest installment of New York City's annual Kapparot wars, wherein animal rights protestors try to call attention to the ritual slaughter of chickens ...

Editor’s note: This opinion column offers a differing view from that presented by guest columnist Brian Ronholm in “Eschewing obfuscation on poultry slaughter line speed.” Poultry slaughter would ...

It's that time of year again: the High Holy Days, 10 days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur, mark the beginning of the Jewish New Year and for Jews are a time of reflection, repentance, and celebration ...

A judge Friday denied a request from an animal rights group for a temporary restraining order to stop two Jewish centers in Orange County from practicing a holiday ritual in which chickens are ...

An animal-rights group is suing California, charging that the state fails to enforce humane slaughter laws in poultry plants. The PETA Foundation says the California Department of Food and Agriculture ...

In America, we like to believe that bigger and faster are usually better. After all, what’s better for business than reaping bigger and faster profits? But sometimes we pay a terrible price for this ...

Actor Ryan Gosling has spoken out against inhumane chicken slaughter practices by sending a letter on behalf of PETA to McDonalds CEO, Jim Skinner. “I was shocked to learn from my friends at PETA that ...

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2013 file photo, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man holds two chickens, later to be slaughtered as part of the Kapparot ritual in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, ...

In the crowded "wet markets" of Hong Kong where squawking poultry are bought and sold, the slaughter was about to begin. Before Dec. 29, 1997, was over, 770,000 chickens would be gassed or have their ...