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Walk for Farm Animals Scheduled for this Fall

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From the Farm Sanctuary. For more information on the Walk and how to register, please visit walkforfarmanimals.org. For more information on the Walk and how to register, please visit walkforfarmanimals.org. Farm Sanctuary’s shelters in New York and California provide lifelong care for nearly 1,000 rescued farm animals.

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Some Good News In NJ Farm Animals Case

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Thanks to Farmed Animal Net for this information from August 8. Department of Agriculture (NJDA) was ordered to readdress a number of its mandated standards for farmed animal treatment. Farm Bureau spokesperson expressed disappointment at the decision while animal protection advocates deemed it a victory.

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Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?

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In other words, the proverbial happy farm animal. However, the factory farm system we have in any country does not lend itself to either of the two criteria. There is an abundance of information on the web about undercover investigations, livestock conditions, slaughter procedures, etc.

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Steven M. Wise on Farm Animals

Animal Ethics

The problem of the unjust use of farm animals is large, growing, historical, institutionalized, governmentally encouraged, and fundamentally unregulated at either the state or federal level. Farm animals are treated essentially as raw materials. Instead it aids industry boards that exist solely to sell animal products.

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Plea to Help Downed Farm Animals

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Hard to read emotionally, but short and informative. Written by Gene Bauer and appearing in the Huffington Post.

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Big Ag Fighting Back with PR

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They are fighting back due to all the information and images that have made it to the public sphere. There are no happy farm animals, you liars. Clearly the animal rights community is much more emboldened and aggressive than they have been in the past," said {National Milk Producers Federation} spokesman Chris Galen.

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Hope for Hen Welfare

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Animal Welfare Groups Win Industry Backing for First-Ever Federal Regulation of Hen Welfare Groundswell of Public Support Results in Full Court Press for Nationwide Law Protecting Chickens to Replace State-by-State Initiatives WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. Currently, approximately 50 million laying hens are confined at only 48 square inches per bird.

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