More Alleged Abuse At Iowa Egg Farms
Critter News
APRIL 7, 2010
Tags: animal abuse eggs farm animal welfare factory farm chickens.
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Farm Sanctuary Wary about Tom Vilsack for USDA
Critter News
JANUARY 6, 2009
Bauer is the president and co-founder of the Farm Sanctuary. Barack Obama has picked Tom Vilsack, former Governor of Iowa, to be the next Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). As Iowa’s Governor, Tom Vilsack took steps to protect animals, including vetoing a bill that allowed dove hunting.
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Mercy for Animals Exposes Cruelty at Iowa Select Farms
Critter News
JULY 20, 2011
Safeway and Kroger have announced they're halting all purchases of the farm's pork. Mercy for Animals is trying to convince Costco to do the same. News story is from the end of June. Almost let that one slip by!
Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?
Critter News
APRIL 1, 2009
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 farm animal. However, the factory farm system we have in any country does not lend itself to either of the two criteria.
Another Reason to Go Vegetarian
Animal Ethics
JULY 15, 2009
We can thank factory farming for yet another antibiotic-resistant supergerm: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). Smith studied two large Midwestern hog farms and found ST398, the virulent strain of MRSA, in 45 percent of farmers and 49 percent of hogs. All evidence points to factory farms.
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