WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday blocked a California law that would require euthanizing downed livestock at federally inspected slaughterhouses to keep the meat out of the nation’s food system.

ORANGEVILLE, ON, -- Today, footage and photos captured by an anonymous source at Les Viandes de la Petite-Nation Inc. in St. Andre-Avellin, Quebec, are being released by the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC): http://www.defendhorsescanada.org/lpn.html.

A Gippsland abattoir has been shut by state authorities following a shocking video of alleged animal cruelty. PrimeSafe ordered the immediate closure of LE Giles abattoir in Trafalgar after a video of the alleged cruelty to pigs being processed in the facility was provided to them by Animals Australia.

Two more grocery chains, Lunds and Byerly's, have pulled Sparboe Farms eggs from their stores after the egg producer was the subject of an undercover video about animal abuse. The two Twin Cities supermarkets, both owned by Lund Food Holdings, join Minneapolis-based Target, which on Friday opted to pull Sparboe Farms eggs from its stores nationwide.