The settlement, announced by the Humane Society, is the largest-ever penalty for an animal abuse case. Four years ago, undercover video showed "downer" cows at a Chino slaughterhouse being mistreated.

"Live animals" is written on an animal transporter during an inspection on the A33 by officers from the Osnabrueck police department. The owner of a German slaughterhouse charged with 45 counts of ...

"We expect this trial to recognise the extreme suffering of these animals because regulations were not followed," said Brigitte Gothiere of the L214 animal rights group. The group, whose name refers ...

THE COMMUNITY CLEAN UP. COVERING THE TREASURE COAST. AN UPDATE TO A STORY WE BROUGHT YOU LAST NIGHT. THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US. I’M FELICIA RODRIGUEZ AND I’M TIFFANY KENNEY. WE NOW KNOW THE PERSON ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A California slaughterhouse where videotaped mistreatment of cows prompted the largest meat recall in U.S. history has reached a symbolic $500 million settlement with an animal ...

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JUDGMENT: A California slaughterhouse on Friday agreed to a symbolic $497 million settlement with the U.S. government and the Human Society. INHUMANE: In 2007 a video showed Hallmark Meat Co.

Kicked, beaten, exposed to extreme temperatures and weather—all too often, animals in slaughter plants are severely mistreated before they are killed. In many cases, such incidents could be prosecuted ...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — One person has been arrested in connection with an illegal animal slaughterhouse in St. Lucie County, the sheriff said Thursday afternoon during a news conference. Sheriff Keith ...

A California woman is set to spend three months in jail after stealing four chickens from a slaughterhouse. Zoe Rosenberg, 23, was convicted in October of two misdemeanor counts of trespassing, a ...

LOS ANGELES — The hamburger chains Jack in the Box and In-N-Out as well more than 150 school districts around the nation, including TUSD, have banned meat from a Chino slaughterhouse after a video ...