Critter News

JANUARY 18, 2011

Two bills introduced in the Nebraska Legislature are drawing fire from the largest animal advocacy organization in the world. 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.

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Nebraska Horses Legislation Animal Welfare Act 100

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 22, 2009

All packaging elements are produced in North America to prevent reliance on excessive transportation, which in turn helps reduce carbon emissions.Virgin materials have been eliminated whenever possible. Want a chance to win? Here are the rules: Visit The Honest Kitchen website, then leave a comment on this post telling us what you thought.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

To the Editor: The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that nearly a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gases is generated by livestock production, more than by transportation. Michael Radkowsky Washington, Nov.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

They took it to a bird hospital in Delhi, but were turned away; as the hospital is located behind a Jain temple, so feeding meat to patients was prohibited. “We Wildlife Rescue is a registered non-profit organization and all donations are tax-deductible, but birds of prey are not popular in India. We will not give up,” says Nadeem. “It

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Wildlife Rehabilitation India Rescue Wounded 260

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

McWilliams highlights the true environmental costs of eating meat: The livestock industry as a result of its reliance on corn and soy-based feed accounts for over half the synthetic fertilizer used in the United States, contributing more than any other sector to marine dead zones. The Bottom Line: One cannot be a meat-eating environmentalist.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Its goal was to limit the greedy collecting of birds killed for the plume trade, the bird meat trade (as in the wholesale slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon), and for sport (again, the Passenger Pigeon and declining numbers of waterfowl). It has become the cornerstone of U.S. Congress and Senate who recognized the need to protect the birds.

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Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147