Ted Kennedy and Animal Welfare
Critter News
AUGUST 28, 2009
Interesting article on Senator Edward Kennedy that highlights his little-known contributions to animal welfare. Tags: legislation animal welfare. It's from the Humane Society.
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Ag Industry Looks Ahead to More Animal Welfare Issues
Critter News
JANUARY 5, 2009
It's a small mention in this Ag Week article about issues coming up in 2009 , but worth noting. Another big issue gaining momentum is animal welfare. Tags: farm animal welfare us agribusiness.
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The Conflict Between Animal Welfare and Agribusiness
Critter News
MARCH 30, 2010
This article pretty much sums up how the two agendas are simply at cross-purposes. Tags: corporate lies humane society agriculture agribusiness. Compassion is perceived to hurt profits. It spotlights the Humane Society, but I think it's a pretty universal comparison.
Steps Towards Ending Factory Farming?
Critter News
AUGUST 15, 2010
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. This New York Times article argues that it could lead to other states following suit.
CBS News Runs Series on Factory Farms
Critter News
FEBRUARY 20, 2010
According to her, there was a message that removing the use of antibiotics would actually improve these poor animals' welfare. Here is an article about the series. Of course, the question remains as to whether these animals should be in these factory farming conditions in the first place, regardless of antibiotics' use.
Pork Industry Tries to Deal with Public Image
Critter News
NOVEMBER 27, 2009
Every time I get depressed about animal issues (every other day it seems like), I see an article like this. It's an article about the pork industry having to address the increasingly positive media image of pigs as intelligent creatures that could be someone's pet. And, of course, this view of farm animals is the norm.
Big Ag Fighting Back with PR
Critter News
DECEMBER 26, 2009
"Clearly the animal rights community is much more emboldened and aggressive than they have been in the past," said {National Milk Producers Federation} spokesman Chris Galen. "We This article has a good summary of the victories to which this industry is reacting. We need to play offense."
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