Critter News

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

For the full story, check out this link to the New York Times article. The McDonald’s Corporation said on Monday that it would begin working with its pork suppliers to phase out the use of so-called gestational crates, the tiny stalls in which sows are housed while pregnant.

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McDonalds Gestation Crates Gestation Veal 100

Animal Person

MAY 30, 2009

Elizabeth Parker , the "chair man " (my emphasis) of the Animal Agriculture Alliance at CattleNetwork, which apparently is "The Source for Cattle News." Parker uses the term "anti-modern farming activists," which is new to me. But I see no evidence of that and I'm not sure how Parker comes to that conclusion.

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Veal Crate HSUS Vegan Gestation Crates 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

A column entitled "Ag Industry Threatened by Animal Rights" appeared in today's High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal [ HPMAJ ]. The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms.

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Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40