Critter News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

From PETA's site: A new PETA undercover investigation inside a Land O'Lakes supplier facility in Pennsylvania has revealed routine neglect and cruelty to cows who are milked for the Fortune 250 company's products.

PETA 100

PETA Downers Animal Cruelty Cruelty 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

An Arlington, Texas, municipal judge ruled that the animals suffered from neglect and cruel conditions, and an appeal by the company's owners to a higher court was denied last weekend. That's HUGE. It was an exotic animal importing firm (why the eff do those even exist?) that was allegedly mistreating its animals. From the Detroit Free Press.

Texas 100

Texas Rescue Detroit Arlington 100

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.". Horses subsisting on feces, walking among carcasses. Where did all the fanfare around horses go?

Horse Slaughter 100

Horse Slaughter Horses Unwanted Horses Slaughter 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

I am often guilty of neglecting “place&# when birding. Its a great place for novice and more experienced birders to enjoy and get to grips with a good variety of North American plovers, most of which are present on any given day, especially in winter. Why is a particular destination better than the next for certain birds?

Florida 183

Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 183

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 11, 2008

4): There is a solution to at least some of the beef industry’s sustainability woes, and that is to raise cows in a pasture-based system. 5, 2008 To the Editor: Kudos to The New York Times for covering the much-neglected connections between meat and climate change. Finishing the cattle on grass is a far “greener” method.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat Animal Welfare 40