The bird flu outbreak is largely due to the close quarters and poor conditions of farmed animals in factory farming conditions, and to protect ourselves in the future, we must protect chickens, ...

Chickens can live for 10 years or more, but when raised for meat, the organic ones die just as young as free-range and factory-farmed chickens—usually at around 45 days old, sometimes as late as ...

Factory farming, or industrial animal agriculture, is often seen as a necessary evil to meet the world's growing demand for meat. Chickens, pigs, and cows are confined in cages, crates, or ...

Over 9.7 billion chickens, pigs, cattle, turkeys ... or CAFOs (often referred to as “factory farms”). These systems are designed to maximize productivity and profit for the producer, but they create ...

“The culprit? Pollution from factory farms that supply chicken to major restaurant chains like you.” The River Wye, in Herefordshire, is highly polluted by manure flowing into its rivers from ...

Zoe Rosenberg is a 22-year-old UC Berkeley student, a factory farm investigator and animal rescuer for Direct Action ...