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Beef Farm's Trucks Burned by Activists

Critter News

And, this happened in Fresno County which is in the San Joaquin Valley of California. The statement purports to describe how the fire, which heavily damaged 14 tractors and several cattle-hauling trailers, was set and says the attack was aimed at "the horrors of factory farming." I grew up there. Full story here at the Fresno Bee.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The California law adds an arbitrary and unscientific requirement that chickens be prohibited from touching one another or the side of any enclosure. The new law will cost American family farmers, and ultimately California consumers, hundreds of millions of dollars.