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109 Articles match "Pigs"

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From Today's New York Times
Thus far, the state ballot initiatives and agreements that will expand space for chickens (as well as for gestating pigs and veal calves) are really very minor. To the Editor: Re “ A Hen’s Space to Roost ” (Week in Review, Aug. At most, chickens will be guaranteed room to spread their wings. Like humans, animals have a right to enjoy life.
Animal Ethics - Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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Steps Towards Ending Factory Farming?
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. Well, maybe, although I think there is still a long way to go. This concession was to avoid a November ballot vote a la California's Proposition 2.
Critter News - Sunday, August 15, 2010
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Welsh Report Shows Increased Animal Research at Cardiff University
In four years it experimented on 157,839 mice, 17,324 rats, 11,096 fish, 1,941 birds, 1,253 guinea pigs, 933 pigeons, 884 frogs, 207 cats, 54 rabbits and 18 tree shrews from the tropics of south-east Asia. Here's an article about an increase in animal experiments at Cardiff University in Wales.
Critter News - Monday, August 2, 2010
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  • Awesome Pig Sanctuary
    Pigs Peace Sanctuary is a wonderful place. They rescue farm pigs and pot-bellied pigs,farm animals, dogs, cats, you name it. Tags: animal sanctuary pot-bellied pigs We've visited it.
    Critter News - Saturday, October 4, 2008
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  • Marines Still Using Pigs for Medical Training
    The Marines also claim that using live pigs and inflicting wounds on them is the only way to approximate real-life situations in combat. Tags: animal research military pigs They claim the animals are asleep during the procedures and feel no pain. It's the best way to train medical personnel. Read and decide for yourself.
    Critter News - Thursday, August 13, 2009
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  • Pigs Used in Explosives Tests in Britain
    The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has defended its use of more than 100 pigs in explosive tests in Wiltshire. Some 119 pigs were used in the research at the Government's military research laboratory Porton Down, near Salisbury, between 2006 and 2009. He said 25 pigs were used in 2006, 19 in 2007, 40 in 2008, and 35 in 2009.
    Critter News - Friday, February 12, 2010
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  • Military Used Pigs in Brain Injury Research
    Military researchers have dressed live pigs in body armor and strapped them into Humvee simulators that were then blown up with explosives to study the link between roadside bomb blasts and brain injury. The explosions have ranged in intensity, wounding some of the pigs and killing others. Lovely. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    Critter News - Tuesday, April 7, 2009
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  • Tests Involving the Burial of LIVE PIGS Are Halted
    An experiment in which anesthetized pigs were buried alive in snow to learn how humans live or die in avalanches was halted today in Austria after animal-rights groups denounced the research as cruel and useless. The two-week experiment involving 29 pigs began Tuesday in the Western Austrian Alps. From USA Today.
    Critter News - Monday, January 18, 2010
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  • Are Micro Pigs the Next Stupid Pet Trend?
    This lady is breeding tiny pet pigs that can live up to 11 years. Tags: Stupid pigs companion animals Great. People are buying them like crazy, which means.eventually people will start dumping them like crazy. And who will suffer? The animal shelters who have to find them homes at the expense of other animals. Thanks lady!
    Critter News - Thursday, March 4, 2010
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  • Watch Video About Pig Farming in the UK
    It's a 5-minute film about conditions for pigs in the UK. Tags: UK meat pigs Produced by Compassion in World Farming. As an aside, people who love to eat meat should also watch educational videos like these. They need to take responsibility and learn about the food they eat. Don't live in a cloud.wake up!
    Critter News - Saturday, April 11, 2009
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  • Europe's Pig Industry Mad about Undercover Investigation
    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.) Tags: europe tail docking pigs factory farm agribusiness Too bad!
    Critter News - Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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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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  • Pig Castration in Europe - An Animal Welfare Concern
    This year, the European Commission will issue a research contract, worth up to €1 million for a study into alternatives to the castration of pigs and dehorning of cattle. Tags: europe pigs farm animal welfare They castrate piglets in Europe for sanitary purposes (to avoid taint in the meat), but the methods are not terribly humane.
    Critter News - Monday, January 19, 2009
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