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No way out: The pregnant cow who was slaughtered anyway

Animal Equality

She walked in pregnant. But she never walked out. The cow moved slowly—belly full, lungs straining. Workers shouted. Shoved her toward the kill floor. They stunned her. Slit her throat. Hoisted her by her hind legs. Her body swung, limp. Then—a twitch. A tiny calf, still curled in her womb, kicked. A worker sliced her open.

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Innocence exploited: trained sheep lure lambs to slaughter

Animal Equality

As an investigator, he’d walked blood-soaked slaughterhouses, seen animals crammed into metal boxes, and heard faint cries echoing down the slaughter line. Mike thought he’d seen it all. But nothing prepared him for that day. Newborn lambs huddled together, their tiny bodies trembling.

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What is the SAFE Act?

Animal Equality

horses for slaughter, was reintroduced in Congress—just ahead of National Horse Protection Day on March 1. Contact your representatives and demand that they support the SAFE Act to ban horse slaughter once and for all: The SAFE Act promises to end the… Source Ready to take action for horses?

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A Good Day for Horses

Animal Ethics

Horses destined for inhumane slaughter in the U.S. Because animal flesh sold for human consumption abroad must be inspected by a USDA inspector, the court ruling may mean that the few remaining horse-slaughtering plants in the U.S. A previous post on the "Horse Slaughter Bill" (H.R. is available here. is available here.

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2024 in photos: 10 moments that shaped history for animals

Animal Equality

These images are here to tell the story: At Nepal’s 2024 Gadhimai Festival—the world’s largest animal sacrifice—investigators revealed what walls, smog, and police bans tried to hide. Thousands of animals were slaughtered, their final moments captured by Animal Equality’s… Source

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

Animal Ethics

The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms. To learn more about Arizona's precedent-setting victory for farm animals, see here. 503 ) was approved in the U.S.

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Humane Society Endorses Obama

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The Obama-Biden ticket is the better choice on animal protection, and we urge all voters who care about the humane treatment of animals, no matter what their party affiliation, to vote for them. has been a solid supporter of animal protection at both the state and federal levels. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) In the U.S.

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