Critter News
JULY 8, 2011
history, the United Egg Producers (UEP) has agreed to support national legislation that will, upon enactment, improve the welfare of all laying hens in the nation. Similar legislation, on hold as a result of today’s agreement, was planned in Washington State and Oregon.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
Be careful though, I’ve seen a pair of Carolina Wrens bypass a beautiful nest box in order to lay their eggs in a newspaper mailbox! This unique sound belongs to the Carolina Wren , who unsurprisingly is the state bird of South Carolina! ” Those lawmakers took bird protection seriously!
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Critter News
AUGUST 17, 2008
California’s Proposition 2 is not solely about the California egg business but is also about the egg industry’s national survival, warned Gene Gregory at the annual legislative meeting of United Egg Producers (UEP). Again, thanks to Farmed Animal Net for this update on California's proposition 2.
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2012
As a Northeast birder I am familiar with the alarming decrease in the number of Red Knots along Atlantic shores and have signed petitions and written e-mails calling for legislation and rules that will limit the overharvesting of the horseshoe crab, whose eggs Red Knots depend on. million in the late 1990’s.
Animal Ethics
JULY 12, 2010
A Humane Egg The life of animals raised in confinement on industrial farms is slowly improving, thanks to pressure from consumers, animal rights advocates, farmers and legislators. In California last week, Gov. This requirement would at least relieve the worst of the production horrors that are common in the industry now.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2012
Charles Pease shot the bird in northeastern Ohio, and gave it to his father-in-law, Jared Kirtland, one of those 19th century men who was a master multitasker–physician, horticulturist, legislator, zoologist. A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs.
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 29, 2006
In recent years, the prevalence of disease-causing bacteria in meat, poultry, and eggs has risen sharply, which is why health authorities insist that these products be carefully handled and thoroughly cooked, if they are used at all. The legislators in these 12 states ought to be ashamed. Breast-feeding does just that.
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