Poultry Slaughter Rule Still in (Fowl) Play
There’s some potential good news for birds, consumers and workers: although the rule is not final yet, there are indications that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has pulled back on its plan to...
View ArticleBuried Alive: South Korea’s Animal Culls
Today we revisit an Advocacy article from 2011 on the mass killing of infected, and suspected infected, farm animals in South Korea. The practice is not unique to that country, but the "culls" in South...
View ArticleAction Alert from the National Anti-Vivisection Society
This week, Take Action Thursday urges action to oppose Missouri's attack on California's humane egg-laying law; criticizes proposed ag-gag legislation; and reports on Wyoming's passage of a new ag-gag...
View ArticleCorporate Moves Create Tipping Point in Animal Welfare?
In May, Walmart announced that its food suppliers should adhere to greater animal welfare standards. This announcement received wide support from animal rights groups, and the Humane Society of the...
View ArticleThe Price of Pork
But the problems don’t stop with pork. North Carolina’s pig problem is compounded by poultry operations. Currently, poultry housed in CAFOs outnumbers state residents by 20 to one, and the state has...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of a Factory-Farmed Chicken
Every day, millions of chickens experience physical and psychological suffering on farms around the world. Without intervention, we face a runaway problem, as the global demand for chicken meat means...
View ArticleThe Plight of Chickens Farmed for Meat
It's common for tens of thousands of birds to be farmed together in enormous sheds where there is no natural light and little fresh air. They live crowded together, in spaces far too close for comfort.
View ArticleFirst Criminal Charges Filed under California’s Prevention of Farm Animal...
In February 2017, the first criminal charges were brought under California’s Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, also known as Proposition 2.
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