Inspired by the local food movement and the novelty of do-it-yourself meat, a food writer in California bought a baby Hampshire pig.

The sight of five male dairy calves in a small dirt pen greeted Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Field Services Manager Todd Stosuy and an accompanying veterinarian when they arrived at the property neighbors had reported.

The Elmira Six: Easter Ducklings Dumped, Then Rescued

She was lying just off the freeway, so small, thin and weary she could not raise her head.

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.