Every hour, some 1,000,000 chickens, 14,000 pigs, and 4,000 cows are slaughtered for human consumption in the United States. It is a process that takes place far from public view, and one that few ...

Adult roosters, however, produce no eggs and develop ... ruled in June that the slaughtering of male chicks could continue in the poultry industry until a method is found to determine the sex ...