Critter News

JUNE 21, 2009

From the Humane Society's press release. The HSUS is the first animal welfare organization to receive such authority and distinction. nonprofit organizations that seek to protect, provide services to or advocate for animals, and to advance scholarship in the field.

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Critter News

JULY 3, 2010

To me, it's another example of the Humane Society's growing savvy and clout in the US. From the Associated Press. Animal welfare groups led by the Humane Society of the United States have agreed to abandon a fall ballot issue against animal cruelty as part of a deal with state farm groups brokered by Gov.

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Critter News

JUNE 28, 2009

How much suffering can and should they endure without significantly affecting the human pocketbook. From the Clemson press release. Tags: battery hens eggs USDA farm animal welfare us agribusiness. Crowded and filthy conditions mean suffering for hens. But it's not just about the hens.it's about the money.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 31, 2007

Just days before Barbaro was humanely put down, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act was reintroduced in Congress. In an incredible juxtaposition to the fanfare of Barbaro, more than 100,000 horses were slaughtered last year in the United States and shipped to Europe and Japan for human consumption.

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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.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2009

He is the author of several books, including Atheism: A Philosophical Justification (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990) and The Case Against Christianity (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1991). On the traditional position, justification of vegetarianism was in terms of animal welfare, happiness, rights, and so on.

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