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. Tags: ohio eggs california humane society farm animal welfare factory farm. Well, maybe, although I think there is still a long way to go.
Critter News
APRIL 1, 2009
He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. In my opinion, the crux of the question touches on what is “humane.” Here is my opinion.
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Critter News
JANUARY 18, 2011
He also introduced LB 306, otherwise known as the Livestock Animal Welfare Act. Basically, it would mandate that humane societies and horse rescue operations would have to accept a horse if one was presented to them, or they would face a class four misdemeanor," said Larson.
Critter News
JANUARY 24, 2012
Clearly a win for the damn livestock industry. A state law mandating "humane treatment" of downed livestock headed for the slaughterhouse was unanimously overturned Monday by the Supreme Court. It was a question of federal vs. state authority. And it was a unanimous decision. Read the full story at CNN.
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 11, 2008
If these policies were adopted, small-scale animal agriculture would be a more economical model, and people would eat less meat. This would result in improved human health, decreased environmental destruction and better animal welfare. A carnivore is an organism that, by nature, feeds only on animal flesh.
Animal Ethics
AUGUST 2, 2008
Kristof, who takes note of the trend represented by the animal welfare proposition on the ballot in California this fall. In the past decade, for instance, we have doled out more than $3 billion in direct subsidies to large-scale livestock producers. Mr. Kristof is attuned to issues of human suffering and injustice.
Animal Person
AUGUST 3, 2009
Bea directed me to the Animal Welfare Special Report at TheHill.com , in which Rep. David Scott (D-Ga), who is the chairman of the Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee of the House Committee on Agriculture draws a line in the sand regarding the animals we use and how we use them.
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