WASHINGTON — The government on Saturday permanently banned the slaughter of cows too sick or weak to stand on their own, seeking to further minimize the chance that "mad cow" disease could enter the ...

TURLOCK, Calif. — Hundreds of thousands of America's dairy cows are being turned into hamburgers because milk prices have dropped so low that farmers can no longer afford to feed the animals. Dairy ...

FRESNO, Calif. — More than 4,800 dairy cows at risk of carrying tuberculosis are being slaughtered this week in central California, where nearly 16,000 cattle in the country's largest milk-producing ...

India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, on Monday banned the slaughter of cows. India's Hindu majority reveres cows, but beef is served in restaurants and hotels in big cities. A few of India's 29 ...

Bonnie the cow now lives at Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary in New York after escaping a farm and finding a friend Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, ...