Critter News

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

Another nasty farm animal abuse story. Bottom line: If you’re running a business where you allow the kinds of shortcuts that let animal abuse happen, please sell it and leave the industry now. Tags: PETA farm animal welfare thanksgiving turkey massacre. Overlooked this one. Find another line of work.

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Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

The animal is well-treated during its life in terms of having space to roam, living free of fear and abuse, and being well-fed in clean conditions. 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.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

On Wednesday, I almost lost my temper with some people in our customer service unit who wondered why anyone would want a turkey to have a good life before death."it's it's just a turkey." And, of course, this view of farm animals is the norm. Tags: meat pigs pork farm animal welfare.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Department of Agriculture (USDA)-approved slaughter method that is currently used to kill 75 percent of turkeys and 25 percent of chickens in the United Kingdom and 10 percent of all birds in the European Union. Tags: meat PETA farm animal welfare factory farm chickens. Controlled-atmosphere killing is a U.S.

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