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New ‘Uncounted’ report explores chicken death rates on factory farms; 500 million die before slaughter

AnimalEquality.net

By analyzing data reported by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 2021, Animal Equality breaks down the death rates of chickens raised for meat at all stages of life—from hatchery to transportation trucks. Read the full report: Report: Mortality in broiler chickens… Source

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Proposed Nebraska Legislation Angers Horse Activists

Critter News

Tyson Larson introduced LB 305 on Wednesday, which would create a state meat inspection program, which would in turn allow horse meat to be transported across state lines. Two bills introduced in the Nebraska Legislature are drawing fire from the largest animal advocacy organization in the world. Newcomer to the Legislature Sen.

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NYT Equine Thought Experiment

Animal Person

The Botai did not just herd horses for meat. Perhaps if we never used nonhumans and instead relied on our own ingenuity we would have created modes of transportation better than those we have today. The site was where northern Kazakhstan is now, the culture was called Botai and the date was around 3500 B.C.

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Earth Day Giveaway!

4 The Love Of Animals

All packaging elements are produced in North America to prevent reliance on excessive transportation, which in turn helps reduce carbon emissions.Virgin materials have been eliminated whenever possible. Want a chance to win? Here are the rules: Visit The Honest Kitchen website, then leave a comment on this post telling us what you thought.

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How to Make Your Client’s Audio Ad Irresistible

SalesFuel

Flowing water, raindrops or simple, relaxing music create a sense of calm.

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Puffin Trip in Maine

10,000 Birds

For nearly a hundred years, after the eggers, meat-hunters, plume-hunters, and a human-influenced gull population boom, puffins were absent from the island. They were reintroduced to Eastern Egg Rock starting in 1973 , with over a thousand young transported from Canada over several years.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that nearly a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gases is generated by livestock production, more than by transportation. Yet Al Gore does not even mention the need for Americans to reduce meat consumption as we attempt to rescue ourselves from the climate crisis.