Critter News

APRIL 7, 2010

Tags: animal abuse eggs farm animal welfare factory farm chickens.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 9, 2008

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty pigs farm animal welfare.

Animal Abuse 100

Animal Abuse Pigs Farming Iowa 100

Critter News

JANUARY 6, 2009

Barack Obama has picked Tom Vilsack, former Governor of Iowa, to be the next Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Tags: Obama USDA farm animal welfare factory farm us agribusiness. This is a December 18 post from Gene Bauer's blog pointing out some concerns about Vilsack.

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Critter News

JULY 20, 2011

Mercy for Animals is trying to convince Costco to do the same. Safeway and Kroger have announced they're halting all purchases of the farm's pork. News story is from the end of June. Almost let that one slip by!

Farming 100

Farming For Animals Iowa Cruelty 100

Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

There are horror stories of animals not completely dead before they are being processed. One of my closest friends worked as an accountant for IBP (formerly Iowa Beef Producers, now Tyson’s) and, he won’t speak of it, but there were some bad things that happened there. Shove them in, shove them out.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

There are more humane alternatives available that would reduce that condition, and according to experts at Iowa State University, some forms of alternative sow housing could actually cost less in dollars and labor—savings that could potentially reach the customer. Farm Animal Welfare, ASPCA New York, Feb. SUZANNE McMILLAN Dir.,

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