Critter News

AUGUST 2, 2011

July 28, 2011 – This fall, thousands of people in more than 35 cities across North America will gather for the 2011 Walk for Farm Animals, a series of fun, community-focused events that promote kindness to animals and raise vital funds to support the lifesaving work of Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization. .

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10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2016

Chimney Swifts are remarkable birds who are having a harder and harder time finding brick chimneys in which to nest and raise their families. Old factories and mills are being torn down, and they can’t use house chimneys which have been lined or capped. You rush over to investigate, and there are birds in your fireplace.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 23, 2009

What that means is that it wasn't a factory-farm operation. The animals were still bred and raised for slaughter, but evidently in some kind of soulful way we don't really hear about. Essentially, industrialized farming=soulless, small family farm=soulful. I'm not sure how that equals soul.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 21, 2010

The new law will cost American family farmers, and ultimately California consumers, hundreds of millions of dollars. Inhumane confinement, illegal anticompetitive practices and factory farming hurt animals, the environment, the consumer, the public health and the farmer. Gene Gregory President, United Egg Producers Alpharetta, Ga.,

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

Of course, it is quite common for human parents to set fire to their family homes in order to keep the adult children from moving back home, but this is not an issue for drongos. The researchers are quite aware of the differences between humans and birds and thus have completely ignored another explanation for this behavior.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 15, 2009

We can thank factory farming for yet another antibiotic-resistant supergerm: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). All evidence points to factory farms. Factory farms are concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) where animals are raised intensively and permanently confined in warehouses and sheds.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Dogs were bred to be companion animals; pigs and cows are raised as food. However, I agree with Mr. Foer that factory farming has to go. The fury this meal caused my friends and family back in America motivated me to examine whether eating any animal was justified. We carnivores have to become more benevolent.

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