Critter News

AUGUST 17, 2008

Thanks to Farmed Animal Net for this information from August 8. Department of Agriculture (NJDA) was ordered to readdress a number of its mandated standards for farmed animal treatment. Farm Bureau spokesperson expressed disappointment at the decision while animal protection advocates deemed it a victory.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Well, as it turns out neither a trip to a slaughterhouse nor killing an animal yourself is powerful enough to make people go vegan. The bottom line is that there are many reasons why human-animal interactions are so often inconsistent and paradoxical. The campaign to moralize meat has largely been a failure.

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Critter News

JULY 19, 2009

has put a hold on Cass Sunstein's confirmation as the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. According to Michael Markarian from the Humane Society, Sunstein's confirmation is supposedly being held due to pressure from some agribusiness groups. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.)

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