People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is bringing its “Hell on Wheels” pig truck to the city’s downtown at noon Thursday and plans to park it in front of the popular Theodores’ Blues, Booze & ...

A traveling exhibit organized by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is scheduled to stop in Springfield this week as part of a nationwide campaign.

Animal rights advocates say the new regulatory regime requires private slaughterhouse employees to make decisions about which pigs should be slaughtered, both before and in place of federal USDA ...

Critics fear that increasing the speed at which animals are slaughtered could lead to less safe food and less safe conditions for workers.