article thumbnail

US Government Continues Subsidizing Meat Industry

Critter News

Pork farmers have been losing an average of $20 on each hog marketed since October 2007, according to the U.S. Tags: subsidies meat USDA pork agribusiness dairy. The food will go to federal food nutrition assistance programs, such as school lunches. Pork Producers.

article thumbnail

Washington Man Sentenced for Gall Bladder Trafficking

Critter News

This man is a meat-cutter from our home state of Washington. Page, a meat cutter from Curlew, was sentenced to a year jail in Ferry County Superior Court after being convicted on six counts of unlawful trafficking in wildlife. I'm not sure the sentencing is strict enough to keep him from doing it again. Page, 63, was sentenced Dec.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Agriculture Fears Possible "Cow Tax"

Critter News

The proposal was one of several drafted after a 2007 Supreme Court ruling found that greenhouse gases the animals emit through flatulence or belching amounts to air pollution. This country needs to eat less meat. {There was} a proposal Thursday, Dec. per head of beef cattle and $20 for each hog. Remember cows "emit" methane.)

Cows 100
article thumbnail

Resolve to Do Right by Animals in 2007!

Animal Ethics

Since the New Year's resolutions you have made for 2007 are your resolutions, I assume that you would actually like to succeed in keeping them. Switching to a vegan diet devoid of meat and animal products also almost always results in significantly lower plasma cholesterol levels. Join me in resolving to do right by animals in 2007.

2007 40
article thumbnail

From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

2): Yes, 100 years ago Upton Sinclair wrote a book about the plight of the immigrant and focused in part on the meat industry. But 100 years later, our industry has been transformed and our meat supply is among the safest, most abundant and certainly the most affordable anywhere in the world. Since 1999, the incidence of E.

article thumbnail

From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The United States Department of Agriculture purchases food, including high-fat meat and dairy products, under the direction of Congress based on agricultural surpluses and price support activities to help American agriculture producers. The cheeseburgers and meat tacos our children eat at school also deserve our full attention.

article thumbnail

From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Horse slaughter for meat export is just plain wrong. March 5, 2007 The writer is an owner of Fasig-Tipton , North America’s oldest thoroughbred auction house. Hope Ryden New York, March 5, 2007 The writer is the author of a book about America’s last wild horses. But horses are not cows, pigs or chickens.