Critter News
APRIL 12, 2009
On March 19, 2009 a company representative emailed Compassion Over Killing: "…I am pleased to let you know the BOCA brand will be eliminating eggs in all of its products by the end of this year. We anticipate all BOCA products will be egg free in 2010." They are striking a blow against the cruel egg industry.
10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2012
What’s even more frustrating is when animal rights people learn of plans to cull nonnative species. Rats had previously preyed on eggs and young of practically every defenseless seabird on the island, and had taken to even attacking adult albatross as they sat on their nests. For example, when the U.S.
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Critter News
APRIL 1, 2009
He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. In other words, the proverbial happy farm animal. Here is my opinion. This is mass production.
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2012
In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. And people that work in either conservation or animal welfare tend to like animals.
Critter News
DECEMBER 12, 2009
In April 2009, unseasonably cold weather froze two whopping crane eggs. In November 2008, a virus killed a 15-month-old Asian elephant calf named Malti. Tags: zoos welfare violations animal welfare. They were a part of the zoo’s breeding program for the rare birds.
Animal Person
AUGUST 16, 2011
Most interesting for me was the mental lock most people have that we vegans are always looking to break or find the key to: Why do good people who understand what happens to animals for unnecessary products such as “steak” or eggs, continue to consume such things? People believe one thing and do another. All day long.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
Moreover, pigs are not the only ones that would be happier with welfare improvements: according to a nationwide poll commissioned by the ASPCA, a majority of Americans want farm animals to be treated in a way that inflicts the least amount of pain and suffering possible. Farm Animal Welfare, ASPCA New York, Feb.
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