MONTMORENCI, Ind. – MONTMORENCI, Ind. (AP) — As more states move to ban restrictive livestock cages, the campaign to free egg-laying hens from cramped cages and shift them to pens animal rights ...

In Bossier City, a push for backyard chickens stirred debate but failed, with council members citing community concerns over pests and noise during the vote.

Hidden from Houston Zoo visitors, behind a wooden fence and cleverly organized greenery, more than a dozen Attwater's prairie chickens pair up and get romantic. For the past decade, this fenced plot ...

Two of those states - California and Michigan - have passed laws that will eventually ban battery cages for chickens, as has the European Union.As those bans go into effect and more birds move to open ...

As more states move to ban restrictive livestock cages, the campaign to free egg-laying hens from cramped cages and shift them to pens animal rights advocates call more humane could be poised to ...