Critter News
AUGUST 15, 2010
Last week there was a slew of articles about the agreement in Ohio between the farm industry and animal welfare activists to expand cage sizes for calves (veal), hens and pigs. Tags: ohio eggs california humane society farm animal welfare factory farm. Well, maybe, although I think there is still a long way to go.
Critter News
APRIL 24, 2009
We've argued in previous posts that factory farming is simply not conducive to animal welfare. The pig industry, says Dr MacDougald, is marked by generally poor production and financial analysis. These pigs are simply raw materials. Tags: economics pigs farm animal welfare agribusiness. Here's an example.
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Animal Person
AUGUST 19, 2009
The kids made tortillas from scratch and then went to a factory to see how professionals do it. Any other factories on the agenda? The site says food production factories are included , but I doubt that means those involving the slaughter of animals.). I don't think of that as a restriction.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 6, 2007
The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms. With successes like these, factory farmers do have cause for worry. The full text of the amendment is available here.
Critter News
JANUARY 24, 2012
Supreme Court rules on health care challenge| GPS tracking "The Federal Meat Inspection Act regulates slaughterhouses' handling and treatment of non-ambulatory pigs from the moment of their delivery through the end of the meat production process," wrote Justice Elena Kagan.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
In this film, we see farmers interacting with the animals they will eventually transform into food (chickens, pigs and cattle). The farmers in the film confront very difficult questions posed by the filmmaker about why they think their approach to processing of meat is different than that of factory farming.
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
Beyond the environmental impacts of meat production there is a basic ethical issue involved. 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. Why was a dog more worthy of not being dinner than a pig?
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