Monday night, the Pico Rivera Planning Commission voted unanimously to permanently revoke planning permission for the Manning Beef slaughterhouse—ensuring that LA County’s last cow slaughterhouse will never reopen. This is a monumental win for animals, for the community, and for everyone who refuses to accept cruelty as business as usual. More than a dozen Animal Outlook supporters gathered outside City …
100-Year Road to Victory: How Manning Beef Slaughterhouse Was Permanently Closed 1920s: Manning Beef Founded Manning Beef was established in the 1920s as a family-owned meat processing business in Southern California, becoming part of the region’s growing industrial animal agriculture infrastructure during the early 20th century. 2017: First Amendment Victory for Protesters Los Angeles Animal Save activists who had been …
For many people, eggs are an everyday staple — something that rarely invites a second thought. But behind this habit is a reality that most consumers haven’t heard about. Every year in the United States, the egg industry kills about 350 million male chicks. The reason is simple and unsettling. Modern chickens have been selectively bred for two entirely different …
Animal Outlook welcomes today’s Government Accountability Office report recommending that Congress modernize the Twenty-Eight Hour Law to better protect livestock during transport. 🐄 The report validates what our organization has documented for decades: the federal government has failed to meaningfully enforce basic protections for animals enduring grueling cross-country journeys. For years, our investigators have followed livestock trucks traveling well beyond …
When a crisis hits industrial farms — disease outbreaks, supply chain shutdowns, “too many animals, not enough profit” — the system has a backup plan. It’s not about compassion. It’s about protecting production and profits. Animal Outlook exists to challenge that system — to expose what happens behind closed doors and to push the law, the markets, and the culture …
One year ago this month, Arizona experienced what would become the largest animal disease outbreak in the state’s history. Between May 16 and June 7, 2025, 6.3 million birds were killed across seven locations centering on Hickman’s Family Farms following the discovery of highly pathogenic avian influenza. As we mark this grim anniversary, new documents slowly being released through Animal …
That bargain pack of chicken at the grocery store looks like a win. Low prices. Family sized portions. Endless promotions. But the truth is simple — cheap chicken is not as “cheap” as it seems. When we pull back the curtain on industrial poultry production, we see a system built on concealed costs — economic, environmental, and moral — that …
Every day, parents, older siblings, teachers, and mentors face big questions from kids about the world around them. One of the most important questions is also one of the simplest — where does our food come from? At Animal Outlook, our mission is to create systemic change for animals through investigations, legal advocacy, and vegan outreach. That work is only …
Today we’re releasing something that took courage, patience, and months of meticulous undercover work—our return investigation of Cooke Aquaculture’s Maine salmon hatchery. Back in 2019, we exposed shocking cruelty at this facility. The company promised reforms. Industry certifiers gave their stamp of approval. But here’s what actually happened: workers openly mocked our first investigation while continuing to brutalize fish. One …