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How many people know this about the Animal Welfare 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. Most animals in the U.S. This is really interesting.
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.
World FarmAnimals Day was today. Tags: depressed farmanimal welfare. 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. How depressing.
Animal welfare 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 farmanimal welfare. From the Associated Press.
July 28, 2011 – This fall, thousands of people in more than 35 cities across North America will gather for the 2011 Walk for FarmAnimals, a series of fun, community-focused events that promote kindness to animals and raise vital funds to support the lifesaving work of Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farmanimal protection organization. .
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.
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.)
The inspectors found nothing wrong, but at least they responded to the issues raised by Animal Angels, based in Germany. My 2010 resolution is to try and track animal rights issues in the homelands of Spain and Portugal. Tags: europe portugal farmanimal welfare.
Ahold Delhaize—the global company behind Food Lion, Giant Food, Hannaford, and Stop & Shop—is under fire for failing animals. Despite publicly claiming to support animal welfare, the company has delayed its goals and failed to report meaningful progress on its existing promises.
Animal Equality in Mexico is shaping the future for farmedanimals with legislative reform. Advocates are working on two levels—reshaping the food system and plant-based options nationally, while strengthening farm rules locally.
We've argued in previous posts that factory farming is simply not conducive to animal welfare. Better conditions for animals hurt the bottom line. Animal welfare is a cost of doing business, not a moral obligation. Tags: economics pigs farmanimal welfare agribusiness. Here's an example.
Sunstein is a Harvard law professor who has written about animal protection issues. He is the co-editor, for example, of Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions, which examines views both in favor and against animal law. Tags: Obama animal rights farmanimal welfare politics agribusiness.
ANIMAL rights groups have begun a campaign against the dairy industry's treatment of bobby calves. Animals Australia has a video on its website showing calves being roughly dragged off utes and thrown to the ground. Animals Australia has a video on its website showing calves being roughly dragged off utes and thrown to the ground.
An initiative to protect farmedanimals in Colima, Mexico has unanimously passed in the state’s Congress. The legislation was presented by Deputy Alfredo Álvarez Ramírez and 11 members of the parliamentary group, who sought to reform the Animal Protection Law of Colima to include farmedanimals.
Another big issue gaining momentum is animal welfare. You may hate to hear about this, but I do think that the animal-raising industries are going to have to reach some compromises with the Humane Society of the U.S. Tags: farmanimal welfare us agribusiness. and other advocates.”
" That's Why We Don't Eat Animals: A Book About Vegans, Vegetarians, and All Living Things ," written and illustrated by Ruby Roth, has gorgeous and haunting illustrations. And it gently tells the story of why we shouldn't eat factory farmedanimals. Because if there's one of those places, can we eat those animals?"
Just in time for the start of summer, it’s the First Annual Week for the Animals in Washington DC! Washington, DC) Animal World USA is pleased to announce exciting news about the 1st Annual Washington DC Week for the Animals, which will kick off Saturday, May 30th and run through Sunday, June 7th, 2009.
Brown, a case in which the meat industry is attempting to invalidate a California law designed to reduce animal suffering and protect public safety. Tags: meat california farmanimal welfare factory farmanimal law meatpacking.
A press release I received from the Farm Sanctuary. 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.
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 farmanimal welfare thanksgiving turkey massacre. Overlooked this one. Find another line of work.
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. Tags: antibiotics farmanimal welfare factory farm.
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.
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: farmanimal welfare factory farm agribusiness. And people are seeing it.
The problem of the unjust use of farmanimals is large, growing, historical, institutionalized, governmentally encouraged, and fundamentally unregulated at either the state or federal level. Farmanimals are treated essentially as raw materials. Instead it aids industry boards that exist solely to sell animal products.
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 animal welfare activists in the U.S.
Thanks to Mercy for Animals for their undercover work exposing this egg industry practice. Tags: animal cruelty eggs farmanimal welfare factory farm. What a subject line, but it's true. This is the second time this year that I've heard of this group capturing headlines. I'd never heard of them before.
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Here's a book that you can buy about rescued farmanimals and their stories. Love this group! It should be inspiring and it's a great way to support an extraordinary organization.
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 animal welfare regulations to the ballot. Tags: ohio humane society farmanimal welfare agriculture agribusiness.
She used to head United Animal Nations too. Tags: proposition 2 california humane society farmanimal welfare. 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.
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. A friend of mine said it was quite good.
They rescue farm pigs and pot-bellied pigs,farmanimals, dogs, cats, you name it. Tags: animal sanctuary pot-bellied pigs. Pigs Peace Sanctuary is a wonderful place. We've visited it.
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 farmanimal welfare. They are striking a blow against the cruel egg industry.
Aside from their support of animal research, I have enountered them in my line of work and find them corporate, condescending, and self-righteous. It's not just a question of animal rights. Tags: animal research Stupid KFC farmanimal welfare susan g. I am not a fan of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
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