Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

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. A press release I received from the Farm Sanctuary.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2019

In fact, it wasn’t until the Industrial Revolution that brewing became a decidedly urban endeavor, as beer barons – particularly in Britain and America – amassed the means of production and harnessed cheap labor in booming cities, using raw materials hauled in from the distant countryside by modern conveyances such as the canal boat or railcar.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

The Justice Department has opened investigations. Fresh-egg farmers acted together through a series of export shipments, organized by United Egg Producers, an industry cartel whose 250-plus members include virtually all of the nation's big egg producers. It's in the Wall Street Journal.

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Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. There is an abundance of information on the web about undercover investigations, livestock conditions, slaughter procedures, etc. Undercover investigative pieces have shown that some unhinged workers take out their frustrations on the farm animals.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Bell & Evans has heard them and set a new standard in the chicken-supply industry. While ever more consumers are going vegetarian or vegan, almost every consumer is demanding that companies take steps to reduce animal suffering. McDonald’s, are you listening? 25, 2010

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 15, 2008

If Mr. Nocera actually had such clairvoyant powers over the meat-packing industry, why didn’t he put them to use last autumn and blow the whistle on the Westland/Hallmark slaughter plant? He would have saved us the necessity of sending an undercover investigator to film the shocking mistreatment of animals. Oh, really?

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 13, 2008

While some have suggested the egg industry should police itself, history shows that industries based on the backs of the disenfranchised do not voluntarily soften the suffering of those they exploit—all the more so when the victims are millions of hens the public never sees.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 10, 2010

It, too, traced, with a great deal of investigative reporting, the journey fat trimmings take through the meatpacking industry. An earlier article recounted an E. coli outbreak traced to Cargill (“ The Burger That Shattered Her Life ,” front page, Oct. It’s like trying to grip mercury.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

The meat and dairy industries want to keep their operations away from the public’s discriminating eyes, but as groups like PETA and the Humane Society have shown us in their graphic and disturbing undercover investigations, factory farms are mechanized madness and slaughterhouses are torture chambers to these unfortunate and feeling beings.

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Critter News

APRIL 29, 2010

Big industry never wants to change anything that "works." Sounds like they may roll over on the issue. I don't know, but I'm just not convinced the Australians are that committed to phasing out this practice. I'm just going by equivalent examples in the US. It's just too "hard.".

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2023

Being lazy, a bunch of researchers used camera traps to investigate the species rather than following the birds directly (which would have had some health benefits). Higher-ranking females seem to do this better than lower-ranking ones, resulting in higher survival rates for their chicks ( source ).

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

As reported in the AP story, two styles of Sean John jackets—one a hooded snorkel style, the other a classic version—were originally advertised as faux fur, but an investigation by the Humane Society of the United States [ HSUS ] found that the jackets were made from dog fur. We can encourage them to join us in boycotting fur.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

For example, without this blog, would you know that the Barn Swallows of Nanhui are now having their own housing boom, ignorant of the overinvestment that has characterized China’s construction industry? As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young.

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