Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Here’s another self-interested reason to not eat meat: Drug-resistant bacteria are routinely found in beef, chicken, and pork sold in supermarkets. last year—28 million pounds—went to pigs, chickens, and cows, which in turn creates a perfect breeding ground for antibiotic-resistant super germs. Contact your U.S.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

I’ve really been wracking my brain because for me releasing is very traumatic,” said Cara Petricca, with Bluebird Farm Animal Sanctuary in Cheshire, MA. I still think about and worry about so many of the animals I’ve worked with. “But I’ve been locked in a chicken coop once or twice, too.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Burrowing Owl Tai Haku liked Mike’s choice of a chicken in our original post but decided to do him one better. This past June I was invited along by the Edmonton Nature Club on a field trip to a Piping Plover breeding site. A plover that is well worth being anyone’s Best Bird of the Year.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

A column entitled "Ag Industry Threatened by Animal Rights" appeared in today's High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal [ HPMAJ ]. The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 15, 2009

In recent years, MRSA has been found in retail cuts of chicken, pork, beef and other meats—a particularly worrisome trend since MRSA can be contracted simply by handling infected cuts of meat. are fed to farm animals. The numbers are high and rising: From 1996 to 2005, MRSA-related hospitalizations increased nearly tenfold.

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