More Alleged Abuse At Iowa Egg Farms
Critter News
APRIL 7, 2010
Tags: animal abuse eggs farm animal welfare factory farm chickens.
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What is the State Bird of New Jersey?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
The legislature named the goldfinch the state bird in 1935 , sharing the designation with Washington and Iowa. The cowbirds will try to lay their eggs in a goldfinch nest, but once hatched the young only survive a few days. Unlike many other songbirds, these goldfinches subsist entirely on a vegetarian, seed-based diet.
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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds
10,000 Birds
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And another one,” she added, “in a tampon box.” “A Big Brown Bat in a large glass terrarium,” said Marlene Ehresman in Iowa, “because the people wanted to make sure it wouldn’t escape.” “Apparently she found a fallen American Robin ‘s egg,” she wrote, “and kept it in there for two weeks!
An Open Letter to the Birds on the Webcams, Re: Nesting Season
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 11, 2017
I get that good nest sites are at a premium, whether you’re in the market for a box along a bluebird trail in Iowa or a ledge overlooking pigeon-rich Central Park. Steal and eat their eggs? Again, I know you’re just doing what you gotta do. Drag some other bird bodily out of a hollow tree and thrash the feathers off them?
Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?
Critter News
APRIL 1, 2009
And if you ever drive around an egg farm, hog farm, slaughterhouse, feeding lot, etc., One of my closest friends worked as an accountant for IBP (formerly Iowa Beef Producers, now Tyson’s) and, he won’t speak of it, but there were some bad things that happened there. There are many gruesome pictures too. Shove them in, shove them out.
Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry
Animal Person
MARCH 17, 2009
consider pointing out to a few of the biggest and most influential (food-wise) LGUs -- Iowa State, Cornell, University of California-Davis -- the harm they're doing globally by continuing to promote meat despite the known dangers to animals, people, and the environment.
From Today's New York Times
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
There are more humane alternatives available that would reduce that condition, and according to experts at Iowa State University, some forms of alternative sow housing could actually cost less in dollars and labor—savings that could potentially reach the customer. We have a hard enough time figuring out what makes people happy, but chickens?
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