Critter News

JUNE 28, 2009

The value of all egg production in 2007 was $6.68 Changing production conditions are bound to affect the bottom the line. Tags: battery hens eggs USDA farm animal welfare us agribusiness. Nearly 95 percent of the 90 billion table eggs produced in the United States come from high-density cage systems.

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Critter News

MAY 17, 2010

It's not just a question of animal rights. Chickens that are used for KFC products are horribly treated. Tags: animal research Stupid KFC farm animal welfare susan g. However, I can hardly believe that they would actually partner with KFC (KFC!!!) for cancer research. That stuff is horrible! komen charities.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

An enormous victory was achieved for animals this week when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after an undercover investigation revealed apparent abuse of the animals by workers at the facility.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Surprising to me at least. The editorial advocates a national standard that establishes humane standards in all parts of the country.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 23, 2008

EBay has announced a worldwide ban on the sale of ivory products on its auction websites from next year. The endangered animals are often hunted for their ivory tusks. The International Fund for Animal Welfare will say more than 4,000 ivory products have been listed on eBay.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Trader Joe's, a national specialty grocer, offers a large range of vegan and soy products. None of the employees at my local store could offer any information concerning the welfare of the hens. Tags: eggs consumption farm animal welfare groceries. They also offer "Cage Free" eggs.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

Not only did they arrange for exports, they also are accused of colluding to limit production and to increase cage sizes so that fewer hens can be kept. This is actually good for animal welfare, but goes to show that only greed will motivate these bastards to do anything.) Scarcity then leads to high prices.

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Critter News

JANUARY 22, 2009

They are testifying with Canada against an EU ban on seal products. Canadian fisheries ministry representative Garry Stenson said the hunt “is humane, well regulated and sustainable” and that new rules for the hunt were under review to strengthen inspections, monitoring and enforcement of animal welfare rules.

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Critter News

AUGUST 9, 2010

Apostol said “It is the responsibility of us, the designers and manufacturers, to bring environmental awareness to the consumer by providing more and better sustainable products and style.” Born Free USA (BFUSA) is a nationally recognized leader in animal welfare and wildlife conservation.

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Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

Animal Welfare Groups Win Industry Backing for First-Ever Federal Regulation of Hen Welfare Groundswell of Public Support Results in Full Court Press for Nationwide Law Protecting Chickens to Replace State-by-State Initiatives WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. A press release I received from the Farm Sanctuary.

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Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

There are probably no happy animals in factory farming (ie. Animals are raw materials to process for product. This is mass production. There are horror stories of animals not completely dead before they are being processed. They were simply factors of production at that time too. big corporate agribusiness.)

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Animal Person

JUNE 2, 2009

Her death on an operating table in the Bronx would help animal welfare advocates break a long-standing stalemate in Congress and push through the most significant animal-protection bill in American history. Didn't she represent the dawn of a new age of profiting from the "production" and sale of animals?

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

as I was running this morning, I couldn't help wonder what the difference is between his book and The Compassionate Carnivore and the myriad others written by people who despise factory farming, yet claim to love animals (and of course love their "meat," and find a way to get it while not feeling bad about it). It's okay to choose betrayal.

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Animal Person

MAY 30, 2009

Bea directed me to an interview with Dr. Elizabeth Parker , the "chair man " (my emphasis) of the Animal Agriculture Alliance at CattleNetwork, which apparently is "The Source for Cattle News." Perhaps "modern" should instead be defined as: ceasing to do what we did yesterday because we realized it was wrong.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

I served on the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, which released a report in 2008 that detailed exactly how much these “efficiencies” are costing America. 20, 2012 To the Editor: Blake Hurst asserts that “production methods should not cause needless suffering,” but the position he takes does just that.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Animal rights advocates have singled out the crates, known as sow stalls, as inhumane, and several states have moved to ban or restrict their use not only in pork production, but also in the production of eggs and veal.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 19, 2006

We are an animal welfare group working for animals in India— www.hopeandanimal.org we have tie up with a US based company for fund raising—If you buy pet products from www.petmedusa.net 10% of sale proceeds are donated to our organisation—Pls Bid and buy the product. with regards, Praveen Ohal

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Here's an example of "joint costs" that says all you need to know about animals as nothing more than inputs in a manufacturing process. The meat packing industry takes a single input, a steer, and produces many different final products.

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Critter News

JANUARY 24, 2012

Supreme Court rules on health care challenge| GPS tracking "The Federal Meat Inspection Act regulates slaughterhouses' handling and treatment of non-ambulatory pigs from the moment of their delivery through the end of the meat production process," wrote Justice Elena Kagan.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

But there is a net loss in all meat production, not just of farmed fish or feeding fish to land animals being raised for food. Feeding grain to chickens, pigs and cows is even more inefficient, with 70 percent of grain grown in the United States going to animals raised for food.

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Critter News

JULY 22, 2011

This could halt production of kosher and halal meat in the Netherlands – and lead to similar campaigns in other European countries. However, Jewish and Islamic groups which can prove animals do not suffer more during ritual killing than in an ordinary slaughterhouse will be able to apply for permits. Excerpted from the Irish Times.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Berman said all milk products - everything from cheese to butter - got more expensive. Berman said the milk producers called it "dairy herd retirement", but he insists it was a way to cheat consumers and line their own pockets. His firm sued Cooperatives Working Together, its members are dairy companies and trade groups.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

Kristof, who takes note of the trend represented by the animal welfare proposition on the ballot in California this fall. To the Editor: Re “ A Farm Boy Reflects ” (column, July 31): Hats off to Nicholas D. And for poor people, higher prices would mean less meat in their diets.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2009

VARIETIES OF MORAL VEGETARIANISM Moral vegetarianism will be understood as the view that because of some moral principles one ought not to eat certain edible animals and perhaps animal products. On the traditional position, justification of vegetarianism was in terms of animal welfare, happiness, rights, and so on.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

In fact, a whole lot of semi-vegans can do much more for animals than the tiny number of people who are willing to give up all animal products and scrupulously read labels. Farm animals also benefit from the humane farming movement, even if the animal welfare changes it effects are not all that we should hope and work for.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Most interesting for me was the mental lock most people have that we vegans are always looking to break or find the key to: Why do good people who understand what happens to animals for unnecessary products such as “steak” or eggs, continue to consume such things? People believe one thing and do another.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Besides being filled with great items, we felt great about this dog box because the company donates 10% of proceeds on each box to animal welfare organizations! Every month, Scout, the head dog at BarkBox, picks out four to six treats, toys and hygiene products to send to your dog. We love that!

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Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

Bea directed me to the Animal Welfare Special Report at TheHill.com , in which Rep. David Scott (D-Ga), who is the chairman of the Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee of the House Committee on Agriculture draws a line in the sand regarding the animals we use and how we use them.

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