Critter News

AUGUST 15, 2010

The rising consumer preference for more “natural” and local products and concerns about pollution and antibiotic use in giant livestock operations are also driving change. Tags: ohio eggs california humane society farm animal welfare factory farm.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Over the past week, tigers have frequently lifted livestock from the villages outside Kaziranga, with a tiger killing a domestic pig in the park's Sildubi area on Saturday itself. Tags: India tigers. We are waiting for the report on the exact cause of death," said Kaziranga divisional forest officer D D Gogoi.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Some huge livestock farms produce more raw waste than cities as large as Philadelphia or Houston. Tags: EPA environment factory farm us. The US General Accountability Office (GAO) is not happy with the EPA. They've issued a report that throws a negative light on the EPA trying to ELIMINATE EVEN MORE REGULATION of factory farms.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 6, 2008

The ag industry really fears that the government may start taxing them for heads of livestock because of their contribution to global warming. Tags: global warming methane cows us agribusiness. per head of beef cattle and $20 for each hog. Remember cows "emit" methane.) Gimme, gimme, gimme!

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Critter News

JULY 10, 2009

It's farm country and you have a lot of farmers and ag types who treat companion animals as little better than livestock. Tags: california. It mirrors the lack of education and enlightenment of a generally poor area. Lots of "guard dogs" outdoors for their entire lives, etc. And of course, let's not discuss factory farms down there.

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Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

There is an abundance of information on the web about undercover investigations, livestock conditions, slaughter procedures, etc. Livestock don’t contribute to campaigns, but agribusiness does. Tags: farm animal welfare factory farm agribusiness. There are many gruesome pictures too. They are no good to you alive.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

They’re all named for livestock. Tags: names , nomenclature , Terminology , words • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? It didn’t take much imagination to name Cowbirds or Cattle Egrets or Cattle Tyrants , but there’s more fantasy, even more wit, involved in the naming of other bovine birds.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

If a person cares about what "livestock" experience on their way to becoming "meat," there is one easy, inexpensive action that person can take to make certain s/he is not a party to the various kinds and levels of suffering and injustice the animals experience. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Services shows that most livestock losses come from weather, disease, illness, and birthing problems, and not predation. Tags: fish and wildlife USDA.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2010

The disease can attack domestic pets, such as dogs and cats, as well as livestock, such as horses, chickens, and cattle. Tags: guest post. Causing similar symptoms as EEE, this illness attacks the nervous system of animals and humans. In human cases, generally the illness only poses a danger to small children or the elderly.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

David Scott (D-Ga), who is the chairman of the Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee of the House Committee on Agriculture draws a line in the sand regarding the animals we use and how we use them. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics Language.

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