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211 Articles match "Animal","Farming"

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Please Share "Silencing the Lambs"
Thanks, once again, to James LaVeck and Jenny Stein of Tribe of Heart for kindly and carefully bringing attention to what should be a stunningly-obvious moment of hypocrisy by groups that exist to advocate for and save animals. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Film animal rights Tribe of Heart
Animal Person - Sunday, July 25, 2010
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From Today's New York Times
July 13, 2010 To the Editor: Today tens of thousands of American farmers don’t even own the livestock they raise, and the conditions they raise animals in are dictated to them by a handful of extremely powerful companies that are concerned only with the bottom line. Gene Gregory President, United Egg Producers Alpharetta, Ga.,
Animal Ethics - Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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From Today's New York Times
A Humane Egg The life of animals raised in confinement on industrial farms is slowly improving, thanks to pressure from consumers, animal rights advocates, farmers and legislators. Animals with more space are healthier, and they are no less productive. In California last week, Gov.
Animal Ethics - Monday, July 12, 2010
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  • World Farm Animal Day is October 2
    Tags: farm animal welfare
    Critter News - Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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  • Sad About World Farm Animals Day
    World Farm Animals Day was today. Tags: depressed farm animal welfare Perhaps it's because of gloomy October or maybe it's because I'm getting over the flu, but I felt very sad. There was a picture on the bus commemorating the event with a picture of a cow looking, dare I say it, noble and long-suffering. How depressing.
    Critter News - Friday, October 2, 2009
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  • Michigan to Follow California on Farm Animal Welfare?
    Tags: farm animal welfare factory farm agribusiness
    Critter News - Friday, August 28, 2009
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  • Horrible Animal Abuse at Iowa Pig Farm
    Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty pigs farm animal welfare
    Critter News - Thursday, October 9, 2008
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  • Farm Animals Help Alleviate Mental Illness
    new study, published online in Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health, suggests that animal assisted therapy for people with mental disorders can be effective with farm animals. After six months of animal assisted therapy with farm animals, all patients reported significantly increased coping skills.
    Critter News - Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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  • Some Good News In NJ Farm Animals Case
    Thanks to Farmed Animal Net for this information from August 8. In a unanimous decision, New Jersey’s Supreme Court rejected a broad challenge by animal protection advocates to the state’s rules on the care of farmed animals) but struck down regulations that regard husbandry practices as being “humane” merely because they are routine.
    Critter News - Sunday, August 17, 2008
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  • More Alleged Abuse At Iowa Egg Farms
    Tags: animal abuse eggs farm animal welfare factory farm chickens
    Critter News - Wednesday, April 7, 2010
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  • Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?
    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. For other people, “humane” means it is okay to eat the animal as long as the following conditions are met: 1.
    Critter News - Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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  • Factory Farming and Latin American Devastation
    Here is an interesting 10 minute documentary about the effect of growing cheap animal feed in Latin America for European factory farms and how it effects the environment and people. Tags: factory farm
    Critter News - Friday, October 16, 2009
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  • Animal Welfare Act Inadequate for Farm Animals
    How many people know this about the Animal Welfare Act? No wonder there is so much "farm" animal abuse out there. Humane treatment runs counter to the entire industry when the point is to make money by processing these animals as fast as possible. Most animals in the U.S. This is really interesting. Yay!!!)
    Critter News - Monday, April 13, 2009
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