Critter News
MAY 26, 2009
Very interesting opinion piece about how factory farms facilitate the rapid spread of viruses into the food supply. We know that bird flu developed in the world's vast poultry farms. And we know that pumping animal feed full of antibiotics in factory farms has given us a new strain of MRSA. From the Independent.
Critter News
APRIL 1, 2009
However, the factory farm system we have in any country does not lend itself to either of the two criteria. I highly recommend Farm Sanctuary's issue page.short and to the point.) There are probably no happy animals in factory farming (ie. Animals are raw materials to process for product.
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Critter News
OCTOBER 26, 2010
asphyxiated); they die from lack of oxygen, or anoxia, which is a painless process. Tags: meat PETA farm animal welfare factory farm chickens. CAK removes oxygen from the birds' atmosphere while they are still in their transport crates. The birds are not "gassed" (i.e.,
Critter News
DECEMBER 3, 2009
Why is that my husband won't eat bones with fat on them because they are "gross," but will eat burgers and processed meat? You can forget who you are eating when it's processed so cleanly. So many people I know get really guilty when they hear about conditions at factory farms, but then just keep eating the same things.
Animal Person
MAY 29, 2009
less processed food and more fresh, organic fruits, veggies, grains and legumes), than I'm thrilled. If it steers (sorry about the pun) people toward animals raised in places other than factory farms, where they will still be killed, I'm not thrilled. If more people eat actual food as a result (i.e., Will you not check it out?
Animal Person
JUNE 22, 2009
There's no "compassion" in the process. No factory farms, no large-scale operations where animals are crammed together under a roof, never to see the light of day. Tags: Ethics Food and Drink Language. It's impersonal and hideously ugly and the animals suffer greatly. No argument here.
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 1, 2009
The discussion about the environment usually originates in the massive problems created by the factory farming of sentient nonhumans. The arguments against factory farming, which most recently were articulated by Jonathan Safran Foer (who has caused quite a stir in the mainstream), are legion.
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