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

JANUARY 10, 2012

Once again, the wonderful Mercy for Animals provides footage of possible abuse of turkeys at a Butterball farm in North Carolina. The full story is at CNN.

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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 19, 2011

Farm Sanctuary has a cool "Adopt-a-Turkey" project. I definitely want to do this.

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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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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

In fact, a whole lot of semi-vegans can do much more for animals than the tiny number of people who are willing to give up all animal products and scrupulously read labels. Farm animals also benefit from the humane farming movement, even if the animal welfare changes it effects are not all that we should hope and work for.

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