Critter News
DECEMBER 6, 2011
Read the complete article at pantagraph.com. Slaughter opponents pushed a measure cutting off funding for horse meat inspections through Congress in 2006 after other efforts to pass outright bans on horse slaughter failed in previous years. Congress lifted the ban in a spending bill President Barack Obama signed into law Nov.
Critter News
DECEMBER 9, 2008
I came across this strange article about German research on which slaughter method creates more pain for the animal: the Western method of stunning or the Islamic method of a cut to the neck. You can read all about the results in the article. According to the researchers, the Islamic method wins.
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Animal Person
APRIL 7, 2009
As the economy continues to falter, law enforcement officers in Kentucky and throughout the country are seeing major increases in the number of unwanted and neglected horses, some abandoned on public land, others left to starve by their owners.". This is about finding "affordable options for unwanted horses," the article says.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2014
Look no further than Reckitt Benckiser’s website: “The Company strives to act in accordance with the laws … of the countries in which it operates, (and it) operates with integrity.”. Need an example of “hypocrisy?” What to do? They pass around the website of Safe Rodent Control , which gives alternatives to poisons.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2023
Plume hunting raged supreme 150 years ago, when egret feathers were part of a worldwide trade in feathers and other bird parts, used for women’s hats and other articles of clothing (but mostly hats), delighting the upper classes and practically wiping out bird species. Treaties trump state laws. ©2023, Donna L.
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