Articles tagged with 'Intensive farming'

Feedlots are yarded areas where cattle and sheep, after having been raised on pasture, are held in groups in close...

Intensive farming methods involve removing animals from their natural environments and keeping them housed or confined for all, or a...

The market for animal products produced using less intensive forms of animal agricultural has grown significantly over the past 20...

In 2016, fifty percent of global fish production was aquaculture-based fishery. With reduced abundance of wild caught fish stocks and...

An “Ag-gag” law is the name given to legislation designed to curb the rise in animal activist monitoring and investigative...

Hens are smart, quirky and inquisitive creatures. Descended from jungle fowl, they still possess instincts strongly aligned with seeking shelter...

Pigs are smart, sociable and inquisitive animals. Today’s pigs descend from wild boars that were domesticated approximately 10,000 years ago...

Chickens are sociable, quirky and inquisitive creatures. Descended from jungle fowl, they still possess instincts strongly aligned with seeking shelter...

Turkeys are sociable, curious, and quirky creatures. Domesticated turkeys today are descended from several turkey subspecies originating from Mexico. A...

Current scientific evidence demonstrates that fish are sentient animals, capable of experiencing pain and suffering. Salmon have a natural lifespan...

‘One Health’ is the concept that animal and human health are interdependent and dependent on the health of the environment...