Left to languish in filthy, unsafe conditions on a farm in upstate New York, baby turkey Daphne and a group of broiler chickens were confiscated by the local SPCA after a number of the birds in their flock wandered into the road and were hit by cars.

On May 15, 2011, an exuberant throng of vegetarians, many wielding signs and more than a few in full costume, marched through New York City in its fourth annual Veggie Pride Parade.

Clementine could not be blamed for her initial distrust of humans. She was, after all, recently imperiled by a bit of ill-conceived human mischief.

Recently, an establishment in Syracuse was asked to take on two unusual boarders, one of whom had been brought into town for a few weeks to appear in a university production of Sam Shepard’s “The Curse of the Starving Class.”

There is no question that some of the most dismal scenes unfold at stockyard auctions across the U.S.

Vinnie is what those in the poultry industry call a “broiler” – a chicken bred for meat.

Of all the tiny piglets in a crowded pen at a busy New York stockyard, Riley was the smallest and was visibly suffering from multiple ailments.

After pulling over a car that cut him off on the road, a patrol officer with the Morgan Hill, California Police Department heard what he thought was the sound of a baby crying coming from the trunk.

When opportunity knocks, most people are compelled to answer … but when it comes in an unexpected form, it can cause quite a stir.

Sirens, flashing lights and feelings of terror set the scene on an Indiana interstate early last month when a transport truck holding 34 cows collided into another vehicle and burst into flames.