Critter News

JULY 22, 2011

THE DUTCH parliament has voted overwhelmingly to ban the ritual slaughter of livestock. This could halt production of kosher and halal meat in the Netherlands – and lead to similar campaigns in other European countries. Excerpted from the Irish Times.

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Critter News

JANUARY 18, 2011

Tyson Larson introduced LB 305 on Wednesday, which would create a state meat inspection program, which would in turn allow horse meat to be transported across state lines. He also introduced LB 306, otherwise known as the Livestock Animal Welfare Act. Newcomer to the Legislature Sen.

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Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. For some people, it is inhumane to eat meat in any situation, no matter how well the animal is treated prior to and during slaughter. You are not processing their wellbeing, but their carcasses for meat. Here is my opinion.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

September 7, 2006, a bill banning the slaughter of horses for human consumption( H.R. One outspoken proponent of factory farming cited in the HPMAJ column is "Trent Loos, a rancher, journalist and vocal livestock supporter." News flash: Slaughtering horses does not promote their welfare. 503 ) was approved in the U.S.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

Kristof, who takes note of the trend represented by the animal welfare proposition on the ballot in California this fall. In the past decade, for instance, we have doled out more than $3 billion in direct subsidies to large-scale livestock producers. And for poor people, higher prices would mean less meat in their diets.

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