Critter News

OCTOBER 25, 2009

Bo Obama celebrated his birthday with a doghouse cake made out of veal. When I was still a meat-eater, the two foods I would not touch were veal and lamb. Veal is especially cruel, even for factory farming, although now I think foie gras is a strong competitor. Tags: Obama veal bo obama.

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Critter News

APRIL 21, 2009

Many diners are huge fans of its taste, describing the mammal's meat as somewhere between duck and veal. Tags: canada meat seals restaurants.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

It applies to breeding pigs, egg laying hens and veal calves. Tags: proposition 2. Prop 2 requires that factory farms provide enough space for animals to stand up, turn around and extend their limbs. Prop 2 goes into effect in January of 2015, giving factory farms six years to shift to different housing systems.

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Critter News

AUGUST 15, 2010

Last week there was a slew of articles about the agreement in Ohio between the farm industry and animal welfare activists to expand cage sizes for calves (veal), hens and pigs. Tags: ohio eggs california humane society farm animal welfare factory farm. Well, maybe, although I think there is still a long way to go.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 12, 2010

In " Move to Limit 'Factor Farms' Gains Momentum " in today's New York Times , we learn that farmers in Ohio have agreed to phase out gestation crates within 15 years and veal crates by 2017. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language animal rights factory farms family farms. I won't get into whether I find that to be a victory.

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Animal Person

MAY 30, 2009

They do appear to wish to put an end to what they believe are the worst abuses of institutionalized animal agriculture, such as gestation crates and veal crates, but that's hardly a call to end animal agriculture. Besides, is the "modern" veal crate something to be proud of? The HSUS isn't even anti-hunting !

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Animal Person

JUNE 17, 2009

Eat More Veal? Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Ethics Language Animal Rights Animal Welfare Compassion in World Farming World Farming. How About Be More Honest. On Graphic Images We DON'T See. The PeTA I Knew and Loved, Sort Of. On Egypt's Pig Cull. Not a change in the way they do things.

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