Critter News
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
Thanks to Mercy for Animals for their undercover work exposing this egg industry practice. Tags: animal cruelty eggs farm animal welfare factory farm. What a subject line, but it's true. This is the second time this year that I've heard of this group capturing headlines. I'd never heard of them before.
Critter News
APRIL 24, 2009
We've argued in previous posts that factory farming is simply not conducive to animal welfare. Better conditions for animals hurt the bottom line. Animal welfare is a cost of doing business, not a moral obligation. The pig industry, says Dr MacDougald, is marked by generally poor production and financial analysis.
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Critter News
APRIL 12, 2009
They are striking a blow against the cruel egg industry. Whether or not you choose to eat eggs, this is a major victory for animals. Tags: battery hens eggs farm animal welfare. By removing eggs from their ingredient list, BOCA is withdrawing financial support for factory farms that use battery-cages.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 2, 2008
Fresh-egg farmers acted together through a series of export shipments, organized by United Egg Producers, an industry cartel whose 250-plus members include virtually all of the nation's big egg producers. This is actually good for animal welfare, but goes to show that only greed will motivate these bastards to do anything.)
Critter News
AUGUST 9, 2010
Travers said, “We created this competition to boost fashion careers and honor independent designers who have compassion for animals and for the ethical and green fashion movement. Our hope is that these talented participants will help pave the way for a more ethical fashion industry in the future.”
Critter News
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
Here's an example of "joint costs" that says all you need to know about animals as nothing more than inputs in a manufacturing process. The meat packing industry takes a single input, a steer, and produces many different final products.
Animal Ethics
AUGUST 22, 2007
16): Given our exportation of large-scale intensive confinement facilities, it is tragic, though not surprising, that disease is devastating the Chinese industry. With this industrialization often comes overcrowding, inadequate ventilation and related physiological stress—factors implicated as heightening the risk of disease outbreaks.
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