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ASPCA Change Your Chicken Challenge #ChangeYourChicken

4 The Love Of Animals

The love that we have for all animals is what inspired us to begin this blog in 2007. There are probably not many people who know and … Continue reading → The post ASPCA Change Your Chicken Challenge #ChangeYourChicken appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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Clemson Researcher Investigates Impacts of Cages on Laying Hens

Critter News

More is at stake than just the comfort of chickens, though the well-being of 284 million U.S. The value of all egg production in 2007 was $6.68 From the Clemson press release. laying hens is no small matter. Nearly 95 percent of the 90 billion table eggs produced in the United States come from high-density cage systems.

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Bird Limericks

10,000 Birds

Back in 2007, DK Publishing produced what I still consider the consummate birding coffee table book. The chicken hawk–It’s a bit sad– Is disparaged. Edmund Conti * A chabo’s a minuscule chicken So cute that your heartbeat will quicken. But that’s not what this post is about.

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On the Renewed Debate Over Horse Slaughter

Animal Person

But the really telling language begins with the next sentence: "The situation has renewed the debate over whether reopening slaughterhouses in the United States — the last ones closed in 2007 — would help address the problem.". Not approving the institutionalized slaughter of the horses we claim to hold so dear lowers that value.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

There is no moral difference between eating a dog or a pig, a cat or a chicken. For the same reason that most of us would not eat our pets, we should also not eat chickens, pigs or other animals. Borders Jr. Louisville, Ky.,

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

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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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

High-fat, cholesterol-laden chicken nuggets and burgers meet requirements set by the U.S.D.A. 6, 2007 The writer is a staff dietitian at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. These products are then dumped into schools as part of the National School Lunch program. Dulcie Ward Washington, Sept.