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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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"Educate, Investigate, Liberate"

Animal Person

He recently wrote me: We are an abolitionist group and our approach is "Educate, Investigate & Liberate". We are currently doing an investigation on pig farms in Spain, including intensive and extensive/free-range farms (tho extensive ones are scarce since intensive ones are the majority in the industry). Thanks a lot.

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Animals milked dry before illegal slaughter, investigation shows

AnimalEquality.net

Animal Equality is revealing widespread cruelty and legal violations in slaughterhouses connected to India’s dairy industry. Between October and December 2023, investigators documented abuse at six facilities in Maharashtra and Kerala. In Deonar, several buffaloes attempted to… Source

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Isolation, a.k.a. Business as Usual

10,000 Birds

Ears filled with birdsong and no industrial hum? Many moons ago, when I used to work in the (supposedly) booming petrochemical industry in Trinidad, most of my time was actually spent birding. Before we got to our destination, I pulled the car over to investigate an almost deafening twittering. Sign me up!

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Group Pursues Investigation of US Labs

Critter News

The animal research industry is just as unregulated as Wall Street was before the current economic crisis," said Michael A. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging a probe of 50 U.S. Budkie, SAEN executive director. "If If this system is not overhauled, the next meltdown will be in research laboratories.".

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5 photos proving the dairy industry is cruel

Animal Equality

As consumers dig deeper into their favorite food products, the dairy industry is under increased scrutiny. Animal Equality’s global investigations have pulled back the curtain on dairy production. In 2019, investigators found frozen, newborn calves discarded in piles on a U.S.

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Royal Decree Issued in Spain Over Animal Welfare

Critter News

In the decree the Spanish Government outlines a training and publicity initiatives to promote new methods of production to farmers and the public as well as a timeline to receive and investigate plans for conversion as well as committing €300m in loans for farmers to convert to enriched facilities.

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