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.

A group dedicated to ending the slaughter of animals is taking their fight to shut down a Southern Downs abattoir to the Department of Primary Industries head office.

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — A farm in Florida where an animal rights organization claimed animals were being illegally slaughtered was raided, according to officials in St. Lucie County.

A piglet being transported to a feeding lot, where he would've been fattened up for the slaughterhouse, fell off the truck ...

Escaped Slaughterhouse Cow That Roamed Streets of Brooklyn Gets Second Chance at Animal Sanctuary "She earned it," said a local Brooklyn business owner who witnessed the daring escape ...

The council voted during a July 26 meeting to remove, for now, the sentence that explicitly bans animal slaughter, and sent the issue back to a subcommittee for further debate and revision in ...

Animal Welfare Group Saves 24 Cats and Dogs from Death by Shutting Down Vietnam Slaughterhouse The owners of a cat meat restaurant and slaughterhouse in Vietnam reached out to Four Paws looking ...

Pigs, ducks and roosters arrived at an animal sanctuary Monday from the same Hernando County farm alleged to be an illegal slaughterhouse and under investigation for killing a former racehorse.

I think, to be fair, that perhaps some animals - likely a tiny fraction of the animals who go to slaughter - may have slightly better lives than they otherwise would, but let's face it, no animal ...

After the service, many families attired in their finest clothes will go to area slaughterhouses such as Kouka's Mercy Custom Slaughter in Katy to select an animal for sacrifice.