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How many people know this about the AnimalWelfare Act? No wonder there is so much "farm" animal abuse out there. Humane treatment runs counter to the entire industry when the point is to make money by processing these animals as fast as possible. This is really interesting. I certainly didn't.
Issue 2 in Ohio would create 13-member state board to oversee the care of farmanimals in the State. The Humane Society and other groups oppose it as a power grab by big agriculture to prevent another Proposition 2 (the initiative passed last year in California to improve standards for farmanimal care.)
My 2010 resolution is to try and track animal rights issues in the homelands of Spain and Portugal. Tags: europe portugal farmanimalwelfare. Spain is much more advanced than Portugal in this area, but both need improvement (as do we all.).
A new study, published online in Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health, suggests that animal assisted therapy for people with mental disorders can be effective with farmanimals. After six months of animal assisted therapy with farmanimals, all patients reported significantly increased coping skills.
Animalwelfare groups led by the Humane Society of the United States have agreed to abandon a fall ballot issue against animal cruelty as part of a deal with state farm groups brokered by Gov. Tags: ohio humane society farmanimalwelfare. From the Associated Press.
World FarmAnimals Day was today. Tags: depressed farmanimalwelfare. Perhaps it's because of gloomy October or maybe it's because I'm getting over the flu, but I felt very sad. There was a picture on the bus commemorating the event with a picture of a cow looking, dare I say it, noble and long-suffering.
Tags: europe pigs farmanimalwelfare. This year, the European Commission will issue a research contract, worth up to €1 million for a study into alternatives to the castration of pigs and dehorning of cattle.
Another big issue gaining momentum is animalwelfare. Tags: farmanimalwelfare us agribusiness. It's a small mention in this Ag Week article about issues coming up in 2009 , but worth noting.
Thanks to FarmedAnimal Net for this information from August 8. In a unanimous decision, New Jersey’s Supreme Court rejected a broad challenge by animal protection advocates to the state’s rules on the care of farmedanimals) but struck down regulations that regard husbandry practices as being “humane” merely because they are routine.
The animal is well-treated during its life in terms of having space to roam, living free of fear and abuse, and being well-fed in clean conditions. In other words, the proverbial happy farmanimal. However, the factory farm system we have in any country does not lend itself to either of the two criteria.
We've argued in previous posts that factory farming is simply not conducive to animalwelfare. Better conditions for animals hurt the bottom line. Animalwelfare is a cost of doing business, not a moral obligation. Tags: economics pigs farmanimalwelfare agribusiness.
The Pork Board has planned delegate meetings at the {annual Pork Industry} forum to discuss quality assurance rules including animal handling, and how much money to allocate to promote animalwelfare.
Yesterday, I raised the issue that some may think the Humane Society copped out by making a deal with Ohio agriculture and NOT bringing new animalwelfare regulations to the ballot. Tags: ohio humane society farmanimalwelfare agriculture agribusiness.
Tags: seattle pacific northwest farmanimalwelfare chickens. Silly piece in a way about the battle between people who want urban chickens and those who don't.
Another nasty farmanimal abuse story. Bottom line: If you’re running a business where you allow the kinds of shortcuts that let animal abuse happen, please sell it and leave the industry now. Tags: PETA farmanimalwelfare thanksgiving turkey massacre. Overlooked this one. Find another line of work.
There are no happy farmanimals, you liars. Clearly the animal rights community is much more emboldened and aggressive than they have been in the past," said {National Milk Producers Federation} spokesman Chris Galen. Tags: farmanimalwelfare factory farm agribusiness. We need to play offense."
Tags: europe pigs castration farmanimalwelfare belgium agribusiness. They castrate piglets WITHOUT anesthesia. I hope this bill passes. But I post about so many legislative proposals, with so few actual passages. We'll have to wait and see.
Tags: proposition 2 california farmanimalwelfare avma. The American Veterinary Medical Association did NOT support Proposition 2. Now they want to be involved in the rule-making. If you want to know why they opposed it, here's a link to their reasoning.
Not the solution or end to factory farming, but if big ag can't rely on antibiotics, then they may have to rethink the filthy conditions of factory farms. Animals would get sick much easier, possibly affecting the bottom line of profit above all. It could effect some small amount of improvement.maybe. From Opposing Views.com.
Tags: animal cruelty eggs farmanimalwelfare factory farm. This is the second time this year that I've heard of this group capturing headlines. I'd never heard of them before. I'm very impressed by their courage and tenacity.
According to her, there was a message that removing the use of antibiotics would actually improve these poor animals' welfare. Of course, the question remains as to whether these animals should be in these factory farming conditions in the first place, regardless of antibiotics' use. Here is an article about the series.
A farm-animal breeder who ran what a prosecutor called "the zoo from hell" was convicted Tuesday of animal cruelty. A jury in West Haverstraw deliberated less than two hours before convicting Robert Everle of all 13 charges of torturing, injuring and starving animals. And people wonder why I'm so disappointed by humans.
Basically, it sounds like the ag committee will be including food safety and animalwelfare concerns in their discussions. Tags: california bile farmingfarmanimalwelfare agribusiness food. The ag industry does NOT like this. There is definitely a new tide in California, post Proposition 2.
She used to head United Animal Nations too. Tags: proposition 2 california humane society farmanimalwelfare. Pretty impressive bio (please note that the bio is from her time at HSUS). I couldn't find any information on her current activities. Probably taking a much needed break.
A coalition of animal protection groups consisting of the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Farm Sanctuary, and the Humane Farming Association (HFA), intervened in the case to ensure that the interests of animals and the public were represented.
It's bad enough having to deal with the welfare of normal farmanimals, but what about the welfare of cloned animals? If they are cloned solely for the products they provide, will it be more difficult to argue for their welfare as living creatures? From the Daily Mail.
Again, thanks to FarmedAnimal Net for this update on California's proposition 2. The action prompted many farmedanimal vets to leave CVMA and form the Association of California Veterinarians, which subsequently voted to oppose the ballot initiative, reports Feedstuffs.
Good news following an investigation of farmanimal abuses by Mercy for Animals. Sometime soon, David Radlo of Radlo Foods says his sign in front of the former DeCoster Egg Farm will be coming down and all his business at the massive egg operation in Turner will come to an end. Here's a link to the investigative video.
And, of course, this view of farmanimals is the norm. Tags: meat pigs pork farmanimalwelfare. On Wednesday, I almost lost my temper with some people in our customer service unit who wondered why anyone would want a turkey to have a good life before death."it's it's just a turkey."
Last week there was a slew of articles about the agreement in Ohio between the farm industry and animalwelfare activists to expand cage sizes for calves (veal), hens and pigs. Tags: ohio eggs california humane society farmanimalwelfare factory farm.
Whether or not you choose to eat eggs, this is a major victory for animals. This brings us one step closer to ending intense confinement of hens in factory farms. Tags: battery hens eggs farmanimalwelfare.
CAK eliminates the numerous animalwelfare, economic, and worker-safety issues associated with electric immobilization: * With CAK, birds are dead before they are removed from their crates, shackled, bled, and scalded in defeathering tanks. Tags: meat PETA farmanimalwelfare factory farm chickens.
Tags: battery hens eggs USDA farmanimalwelfare us agribusiness. The value of all egg production in 2007 was $6.68 In South Carolina egg sales tally about $90 million annually. Changing production conditions are bound to affect the bottom the line.
Tags: eggs california farmanimalwelfare factory farm chickens. The results of a new statewide poll by KSFN-Fresno/SurveyUSA shows overwhelming support from voters, with Prop 2 commanding a 62-point lead: 72-10 (18 undecided). The writer is Jennifer Fearing, the CHIEF ECONOMIST for the Humane Society.
Tags: animal research Stupid KFC farmanimalwelfare susan g. They get to make more money by showing themselves to be "caring?" Here's a good op-ed in the Huffington Post from John Robbins. It's called Greed, Cancer and Pink KFC Buckets. komen charities.
He vetoed a bill, which would have prevented Iowa from establishing stronger environmental standards for factory farms than the federal government, but he has also compromised with big agriculture, supporting weak environmental protections and genetically modified foods.
Phillips said threats of violence and murder made by animal-rights activists against the Conklins are still under review and information may be forwarded to the U.S. Attorney's Office for possible charges under the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.
Tags: eggs consumption farmanimalwelfare groceries. Under a high-stress, high-density environment, a natural pecking order cannot be established and the sharp beaks of hens can result in injury (and death) to large numbers of birds.
Thanks to an email from FarmedAnimal Net for this information. These are not farming families, folks, but corporations as powerful and ruthless as anything on Wall Street. At the International Egg Commission’s annual meeting, held last month in China, it was noted that animalwelfare activists in the U.S.
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