LOS ANGELES - An animal rights group sued the California Department of Food and Agriculture on Monday, seeking to end the electric stunning of chickens before they are slaughtered. People for the ...

Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which holds shares in Tyson Foods Inc., said Tuesday it filed a shareholder resolution asking the top U.S. meat company to phase in a ...

DENVER People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is pressing Chipotle Mexican Grill, a chain that promotes its use of natural and organic ingredients, to switch to suppliers that use a PETA-favored ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Dow Jones/AP) -- Tyson Foods Inc. said Wednesday it will investigate allegations of inhumane chicken slaughter, but contended that an undercover animal-rights photographer apparently ...

WASHINGTON -- Chickens and turkeys should be covered by the same law as cows, pigs and other animals when they are slaughtered, the Humane Society of the United States said in a lawsuit filed Monday ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- ConAgra Foods Inc., one of the nation's largest packaged-foods companies, said Monday it is urging its poultry suppliers to consider slaughtering chickens in a way the People for ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Kentucky Fried Chicken franchisees in Canada have reached an agreement with animal rights activists to buy chickens for their restaurants from suppliers who use a more humane method of ...

Tyson Foods received $537,337 in tax credits from Iowa Economic Development Authority last week to upgrade its slaughtering process at its Columbus Junction facility. The $15.4 million project will ...

Orthodox Jewish rabbis clean slaughtered chickens at the Jerusalem Chicken Factory in 2006 in Jerusalem. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images via JTA.org) The top rights court in Europe has ruled ...