Critter News
JANUARY 6, 2009
I’m glad that Obama didn’t select Charles Stenholm, a former Texas congressman with a long history of defending animal abuse, who had sought the position with support from the factory farming industry. As Iowa’s Governor, Tom Vilsack took steps to protect animals, including vetoing a bill that allowed dove hunting.
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
My interactions with farm animals have been as affectionate and fun as any I've had with dogs or cats. Chantelle Wallace Austin, Texas The irony of this article, which is reminiscent of Irish author Jonathan Swift's suggestion of eating "excess children" to shock and awe his readers, isn't lost on an intelligent reader.
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Critter News
APRIL 24, 2012
Nationally, California ranks behind Texas, Kansas and Nebraska in total cattle numbers. The sale of cattle and calves was a $1.82-billion billion industry in California 2008 and fifth among the state’s top 20 commodities. Beef cattle are raised in nearly every California county.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 6, 2007
A column entitled "Ag Industry Threatened by Animal Rights" appeared in today's High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal [ HPMAJ ]. 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.
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Nearly 70 percent of all the antibiotics produced are fed to farmed animals to prevent (not treat) disease. McWilliams is Associate Professor of History at Texas State University at San Marcos and a recent fellow in the agrarian studies program at Yale University. About the Washington Post columnist: James E.
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