Critter News

OCTOBER 29, 2008

on Prop 2 campaign reports a tidal wave of voter and donor support from Californians backing the effort to stop the cruel and inhumane treatment of animals on industrial factory farms. Tags: eggs california farm animal welfare factory farm chickens. The writer is Jennifer Fearing, the CHIEF ECONOMIST for the Humane Society.

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Critter News

APRIL 7, 2010

Tags: animal abuse eggs farm animal welfare factory farm chickens. Another undercover video from the Humane Society.

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Critter News

JANUARY 6, 2009

I’m glad that Obama didn’t select Charles Stenholm, a former Texas congressman with a long history of defending animal abuse, who had sought the position with support from the factory farming industry. Tags: Obama USDA farm animal welfare factory farm us agribusiness.

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AUGUST 28, 2009

Tags: farm animal welfare factory farm agribusiness. It looks like Michigan's Big Ag is afraid they could end up with their own Proposition 2.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

4, 2008) – Voters in California approved an historic ballot measure to halt the inhumane confinement of animals on factory farms by an overwhelming margin. Prop 2 requires that factory farms provide enough space for animals to stand up, turn around and extend their limbs. Tags: proposition 2. From the campaign website : (Nov.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 22, 2008

It really sucks to be a factory farm pig in Europe. Tags: UK europe spain pigs factory farm. Investigators from Compassion in World Farming found 80 per cent of farms across five European countries engaging in illegal practices such as barren pens and routine tail-docking. Jaime Oliver is doing a show about the issue in Britain.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty eggs farm animal welfare factory farm. This is the second time this year that I've heard of this group capturing headlines. I'd never heard of them before. I'm very impressed by their courage and tenacity.

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Critter News

APRIL 28, 2009

Tags: Swine Flu factory farm. You can read all about the horrible things Smithfield Foods has done in the US in this long Rolling Stone article. I can only imagine how things are run in Mexico.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 27, 2009

And it gently tells the story of why we shouldn't eat factory farmed animals. The significant problem with this book is that the solution to the problems posed (which begin with "On factory farms. ") could easily be some Farm Forward-endorsed small operation where many of the horrors of factory farming don't exist.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 12, 2010

It's also a factory farm. The important word in the phrase "family farm" is the same word that is important in "factory farm." Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language animal rights factory farms family farms. “I work with the hogs every day, and I don’t think there is anything wrong with gestation crates,” he said.

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Critter News

APRIL 12, 2009

By removing eggs from their ingredient list, BOCA is withdrawing financial support for factory farms that use battery-cages. This brings us one step closer to ending intense confinement of hens in factory farms. Tags: battery hens eggs farm animal welfare. They are striking a blow against the cruel egg industry.

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DECEMBER 26, 2009

Tags: farm animal welfare factory farm agribusiness. "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. "We We need to play offense."

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 28, 2012

Teaser: In this excerpt from his book "The Accidental Salesperson," Chris Lytle explains how he tagged along with his wife on a tour of the Waterford Crystal factory in Ireland and took home a seminar's worth of sale insights. read more

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Critter News

JULY 19, 2009

Tags: feedlots economic development iraq factory farm agribusiness. Ma’ad Mohammed, Inma project coordinator for the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture of the Texas A&M System, a key program participant.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

I am a firm supporter of reforming factory egg farming. Tags: proposition 2 eggs factory farm food chickens. I believe that chickens should have room to stretch and walk around. And I'm willing to pay for more expensive eggs if it allows for that. Not everyone has that luxury.

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

Veal is especially cruel, even for factory farming, although now I think foie gras is a strong competitor. Tags: Obama veal bo obama. When I was still a meat-eater, the two foods I would not touch were veal and lamb. Certainly disappointed in the Obamas for such a poor choice of "cake."

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Tags: meat california farm animal welfare factory farm animal law meatpacking.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

Tags: eggs factory farm agribusiness. (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. Tomato growers are accused of the same thing.

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Critter News

MARCH 28, 2009

PETA wants to run a campaign that compares factory farming to the Holocaust. Tags: PETA. Touchy subject there in Germany.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Tags: eggs california factory farm agribusiness. These disreputable tactics and deception should not be tolerated either by state authorities or by the voters—and indeed, these donors could face fines and criminal prosecution for concealing out-of-state agribusiness money.

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Critter News

AUGUST 17, 2008

Tags: california farm animal welfare factory farm us. The action prompted many farmed animal vets to leave CVMA and form the Association of California Veterinarians, which subsequently voted to oppose the ballot initiative, reports Feedstuffs.

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Critter News

APRIL 6, 2009

Factory farming does not only happen on land. Tags: oceans seafood pain crabs. While the vast majority of this company's products were shrimp, the majority of its revenue was earned from crab sales. It happens on the sea too. And it is just as wasteful. Now, it looks like we may be contributing to individual suffering as well.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 19, 2008

Tags: eggs farm animal welfare factory farm chickens. The Mexican egg industry is challenged by sanitary problems, and while it recognizes animal welfare issues they are said to not currently be a concern of Mexican consumers.

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Animal Person

MAY 29, 2009

If it steers (sorry about the pun) people toward animals raised in places other than factory farms, where they will still be killed, I'm not thrilled. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Film Food and Drink Delray Beach Film Festival Food Inc. My guess is I'll get some of both. Will you not check it out? veganism.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 26, 2008

The norm of moderate concern for animals - that animals matter albeit less than humans - permits the (ab)use of animals in vivisection, factory farming, bloodsports and other contexts where animals suffer. Tags: animal cruelty books.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

A monkey was rescued from a factory in India where it was being held in captivity. Tags: India animal cruelty macaque zoochosis. It's an adult male macaque suffering from zoochosis. It's the first time I've ever heard the term. Here's what I'd like to know.if

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Critter News

APRIL 24, 2009

We've argued in previous posts that factory farming is simply not conducive to animal welfare. Tags: economics pigs farm animal welfare agribusiness. Better conditions for animals hurt the bottom line. Animal welfare is a cost of doing business, not a moral obligation. Here's an example. These pigs are simply raw materials.

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Critter News

AUGUST 17, 2008

Tags: farm animal welfare factory farm us. Many states exempt routine practices from their cruelty code, and the precedent-setting ruling will be used in the nationwide campaign against controversial practices. The plaintiffs plan to pressure the NJDA to abandon them when the regulations are revised.

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Animal Person

JUNE 13, 2009

On the animal front, there is definitely a message that factory farming is unsustainable, and that subsistence farming is and was preferable; there is a vague if-we-did-it-differently-it-might-be-sustainable message. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Film Environmentalism Factory Farm Glenn Close Home Veganism Winged Migration.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 3, 2009

So many people I know get really guilty when they hear about conditions at factory farms, but then just keep eating the same things. Tags: meat meat alternatives vegetarian meatless. You can forget who you are eating when it's processed so cleanly. Da da da da! It's like.hello?!

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 6, 2009

Dog Whisperer: Inside Puppy Mills exposes inhumane conditions at these factory-like breeding operations, as Cesar joins an undercover mission with the animal welfare organization Last Chance for Animals (LCA). Tags: tv. Add another voice to the growing choir of those speaking out against puppy mills! DOG WHISPERER: INSIDE PUPPY MILLS.

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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). Tags: Books Ethics.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

And why do so many people say the oppose the cruel practices of factory farming, yet still eat meat, eggs and dairy products? Tags: advocacy. What messages and techniques have been proven effective in getting people to make compassionate decisions like boycotting fur and adopting companion animals instead of buying them?

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

And because that's his premise, he proceeds to investigate both factory farming and smaller operations that include grazing and allowing the animals to live a relatively natural life (after their unnatural beginning and let's not forget about their unnatural end). Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Ethics James E.

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Critter News

AUGUST 27, 2009

If a meat eater eats meat, but hates the factory farm system or animal experimentation, do we discount anything we can get out of them because they are not "pure." Tags: activism musings animal rights animal welfare. This is probably an unpopular view, but I think it's legitimate. Or the vegetarian who still uses dairy?

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JULY 10, 2009

And of course, let's not discuss factory farms down there. Tags: california. Truly it's a peasant culture in many ways. But I really do believe, if true, that wild dogs roaming around frightening people is an extreme and unusual case, rather than the norm. But, of course, highlighting that story grabs attention.

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APRIL 13, 2009

are killed in factory style slaughterhouses whose primary goal is to kill and process animals quickly and efficiently. Tags: animal cruelty proposition 2 cattle farm animal welfare agribusiness. “Laws remain grossly inadequate as do practices at our nation’s slaughterhouses,” says Farm Sanctuary President and Co-Founder Gene Baur.

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