Critter News
APRIL 11, 2009
It's a 5-minute film about conditions for pigs in the UK. Produced by Compassion in World Farming. As an aside, people who love to eat meat should also watch educational videos like these. If one wants to eat meat, fine, but understand how you are spending your money. Tags: UK meat pigs.
Critter News
JANUARY 19, 2009
They castrate piglets in Europe for sanitary purposes (to avoid taint in the meat), but the methods are not terribly humane. This year, the European Commission will issue a research contract, worth up to €1 million for a study into alternatives to the castration of pigs and dehorning of cattle.
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Critter News
NOVEMBER 27, 2009
It's an article about the pork industry having to address the increasingly positive media image of pigs as intelligent creatures that could be someone's pet. And, of course, this view of farm animals is the norm. Tags: meat pigs pork farm animal welfare. it's just a turkey."
Critter News
MARCH 19, 2009
"It's not as much about what the animal rights activists are saying about how we are raising pigs as opposed to us demonstrating that we do care and we are giving the best possible care" she said. The pork industry does not make money from happy pigs, but from dead carcasses. I have a hard time with the logic of that statement.
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.
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 30, 2009
Here’s another self-interested reason to not eat meat: Drug-resistant bacteria are routinely found in beef, chicken, and pork sold in supermarkets. To find out more of what the meat industry and pharmaceutical companies don't want you to know, read this Associated Press column by Margie Mason and Martha Mendoza. Contact your U.S.
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.
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