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Europe's Pig Industry Mad about Undercover Investigation

Critter News

Compassion in World Farming led an undercover investigation that showed illegal tail docking and poor attempts at pig enrichment on factory farms, in violation of EU law. Now the pig industry is mad and claiming bias ( scroll down in article.) If you complied with the law, you wouldn't look like such jerks!

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

Animal Ethics

A column entitled "Ag Industry Threatened by Animal Rights" appeared in today's High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal [ HPMAJ ]. The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

It is not in dispute that, in modern factory farms, animals are raised in massively overcrowded, unnatural warehouses. In addition, the animals are subjected to excruciating mutilations – including branding, dehorning, debeaking, tooth pulling, tail docking, and castration – all performed without anesthesia.