Critter News

JANUARY 24, 2012

A state law mandating "humane treatment" of downed livestock headed for the slaughterhouse was unanimously overturned Monday by the Supreme Court. Read the full story at CNN.

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Laws California Downers Livestock 100

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Brown, a case in which the meat industry is attempting to invalidate a California law designed to reduce animal suffering and protect public safety. Tags: meat california farm animal welfare factory farm animal law meatpacking.

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Animal Legal Defense Fund Meat Humane Society Of The United States Factory Farm 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2011

Birding by bear is by far the best way to view the park, although it seems to terrify the hoofed animals. That said, not only I am astute observer of the avian, but of the human as well. No one, aside from your therapist, wants to spend time with a Debbie Downer. Birdmaster would be more appropriate, but I do not mind.

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Grizzly Bear North Dakota Downers Bears 167

Animal Ethics

MARCH 15, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ A Case of Abuse, Heightened ,” by Joe Nocera (Talking Business column, March 8): Mr. Nocera tells us that most slaughterhouses don’t mistreat animals or funnel sick downer cows into the food chain. Wayne Pacelle President and Chief Executive The Humane Society of the United States Washington, March 8, 2008

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