Critter News

DECEMBER 6, 2008

I don't know how seriously to take this, or if it's just the ag industry pulling an NRA stunt (ie. The proposal was one of several drafted after a 2007 Supreme Court ruling found that greenhouse gases the animals emit through flatulence or belching amounts to air pollution. per head of beef cattle and $20 for each hog.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

18): As a microbiologist, I know that study after study has highlighted the human health threat from using antibiotics as feed additives for hogs, chickens and cattle, creating super-bugs—bacteria that no longer can be treated with antibiotics. To the Editor: Re “ Antibiotic Runoff ” (editorial, Sept.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 10, 2007

To the Editor: As sponsors of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act , we take issue with Christa Weil’s views on the horsemeat industry ( Op-Ed , March 5). The horse slaughter industry in the United States has nothing to do with feeding hungry people and everything to do with animal cruelty. Senator) Mary Landrieu (Rep.)

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Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2007

Andrew Kimbrell Executive Director Center for Food Safety Washington, June 29, 2007 To the Editor: Henry I. But I do know that the dairy industry and its lobbyists do not want to require labeling milk produced with rBST. June 29, 2007 To the Editor: Henry I. June 29, 2007 The writers are cattle ranchers.

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