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Critter News

MARCH 7, 2012

Stanwood is right near where we live in Seattle and, sadly, home to Pigs Peace Animal Sanctuary which rescues all kinds of animals. The rumor mill has it that Bouvry wants to reopen the plant to service more inexpensively developing markets for its product in Russia, China and other Asian nations. I can only imagine how they feel.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 28, 2013

And of course, we like our pet products to look great too, and Plexidor certainly does. And last, but not least, be sure to read about how this dog door helped a mini pig! That’s right friends, a MINI PIG DOOR ! While we didn’t get the chance to try PlexiDor for ourselves, we are quiet impressed by them.

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Critter News

JANUARY 24, 2012

Supreme Court rules on health care challenge| GPS tracking "The Federal Meat Inspection Act regulates slaughterhouses' handling and treatment of non-ambulatory pigs from the moment of their delivery through the end of the meat production process," wrote Justice Elena Kagan.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 15, 2008

These harvested cells are taken from an animal, such as a pig, and placed in a "nutrient-rich medium" that mimics blood. This shmeat could, in theory, be harvested in vast quantities and used in minced meat products: burgers, nuggety things, or potted meat-food products, etc.

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Critter News

AUGUST 15, 2010

Last week there was a slew of articles about the agreement in Ohio between the farm industry and animal welfare activists to expand cage sizes for calves (veal), hens and pigs. Well, maybe, although I think there is still a long way to go. This concession was to avoid a November ballot vote a la California's Proposition 2.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 26, 2012

Oh, and if you want to watch something funny be sure to check out their video, Pet Interviews- Guinea Pig. This post is sponsored by the Pets Add Life campaign and the American Pet Products Association. I would love to know, how do pets add to your life?

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

To the Editor: Re “ Don’t Presume to Know a Pig’s Mind ” (Op-Ed, Feb. 20): Blake Hurst, a former hog farmer and president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, cautions that “we can’t ask the pigs what they think.” People who study pigs say they are as intelligent as a 3-year-old child, smarter even than the dogs we share our homes with.

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New York Times New York Gestation Crates Gestation 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

In this film, we see farmers interacting with the animals they will eventually transform into food (chickens, pigs and cattle). One of the farmers interviewed says: "We give our pigs and our chickens many weeks of relatively happy life." This film provides an accurate portrayal of small-scale, non-intensive animal farming.

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Farming Humane Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2012

It was early afternoon and myself and a few of the other game rangers were out birding a productive fig forest close to Mkuze Game Reserve, our neighbor to the north of Phinda. The sight of this magnificent bird is etched in my memory but it was the circumstances of the sighting that were truly remarkable.

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Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2010

Furthermore, the insulin that was best for her back then, a long-acting one called Humulin U, for Ultralente, is no longer in production. Vetsulin was the perfect new product, except for the fact that it's animal (pig) based, unlike human insulins, and then there was the problem with quality control that was first reported last year.

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Project Treadstone Greyhounds Feral Cats Vegan 100

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. 9, 2008 Note from KBJ: Some reasons for vegetarianism apply to all animals, from cows, pigs, and sheep to turkeys, chickens, and fish.

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New York Times New York Sheep Livestock 40

Animal Person

AUGUST 19, 2009

The site says food production factories are included , but I doubt that means those involving the slaughter of animals.). Perhaps they are taught that other cultures eat animals other than cows, chickens, fish and pigs, I don't know. I don't think of that as a restriction. Any other factories on the agenda?

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

And the production of her insulin (Vetsulin) involved the use of animal products (from pigs). She is one individual whose care could easily fund a small animal sanctuary for at least a year, or start untold TNR efforts, or provide clean water to thousands of people. At least she eats vegan food, I tell myself.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The cool stuff seen, principally a Colugo (a flying lemur as it is sometimes known) and the odd Bearded Pig, were somewhat spoiled by the feeling that too many people were scaring away other cool stuff. After a sumptuous breakfast (albeit one without pork products) we set out on another walk, this time up a hill overlooking the camp.

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Lemurs Family Rhinoceros Fish 159

Animal Ethics

MARCH 21, 2007

To the Editor: I appreciate Nicolette Hahn Niman’s efforts in raising awareness about the conditions in which pigs are raised (“ Pig Out ,” Op-Ed, March 14), but I was struck by her comment that it is incumbent on us to ensure that animals have decent lives because we ask them to make the ultimate sacrifice for us. Jill Appell Pres.,

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New York Times New York Pigs 2007 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 30, 2009

last year—28 million pounds—went to pigs, chickens, and cows, which in turn creates a perfect breeding ground for antibiotic-resistant super germs. In 2008, the FDA issued its second limit on the use of cephalosporins in cows, pigs, and chickens, citing the importance of cephalosporin drugs for treating disease in humans.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Beyond the environmental impacts of meat production there is a basic ethical issue involved. Dogs were bred to be companion animals; pigs and cows are raised as food. Why was a dog more worthy of not being dinner than a pig? Jonathan Safran Foer's pup-in-cheek essay " Let Them Eat Dog " (Weekend Journal, Oct.

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Los Angeles San Francisco Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 29, 2009

Yet, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently allowed companies to slap a "naturally raised" label on meat and meat products that come from animals whose upbringing was far from natural. Cramped crates aren't natural living conditions for calves and sows.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 2, 2007

In the United States pork industry, the vast majority of the more than 100 million pigs raised each year are housed in climate-controlled buildings that protect them from the elements, illness and disease and that allow for individual care. Eating dead animals and animal products is bad for people, bad for animals and bad for the planet.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 13, 2008

From the perspective of the land ethic a herd of cattle, sheep, or pigs is as much or more a ruinous blight on the landscape as a fleet of four-wheel drive off-road vehicles. But this is not true of cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens. They could, in other words, be retained only by a continuous counterforce, and only temporarily.

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Animal Liberation Sheep Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

More greenhouse gas emissions are generated by current methods of meat, dairy and livestock production than by driving cars, so we need to reduce meat consumption and develop alternative food production technologies just as urgently as we need to reduce driving and develop alternative fuel technologies. Scott Plous Middletown, Conn.,

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat Sheep 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Wild animals and native plants have a particular place in nature, according to the land ethic, which domestic animals (because they are products of human art and represent an extended presence of human beings in the natural world) do not have. dogs, cats, pigs, cows, and chickens); cell 4 (the southeast quadrant) contains domesticated plants.

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Ethics Animal Liberation Whales Whaling 40

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

And if it's not, and sometimes I feel it isn't, at least I am able to return to productivity, and even visit Deb's tribute without completely breaking down. There are duck stories and elephant stories and pig stories, but the reason we hear about them is because they are extraordinary. But he then addresses that.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

While this legislation would be an important step in transforming inhumane animal production, we must also call for change on the federal level, where the farm bill subsidizes this sector to the tune of billions of dollars. Bernard Burlew New York, July 31, 2008 To the Editor: While I am grateful for Nicholas D.

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New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Consider some of the victories: On November 5th, 2002, more than two and a half million Floridians voted "Yes" on Amendment 10 to amend the state constitution and prohibit the use of gestation crates , narrow metal cages where breeding pigs are kept for most of their lives. The full text of the amendment is available here.

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Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I have had no other animal products (no beef, pork, lamb, or turkey, for example) since 1982. That depends on whether there are morally relevant differences between chickens and fish on the one hand and cows, pigs, and sheep on the other. (I I, for example, am a demi-vegetarian. I eat chicken, fish, and eggs. Am I a hypocrite?

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

And it’s not just the dogs and cats that get treats, they even have things for your aquarium, and a Santa Suit for guinea pigs ! Disclosure: We received products to use for our reviews. Friends, PetSmart has some seriously cute holiday goodies for your pet. The post Get your pet ready for the holidays with PetSmart!

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Animal rights advocates have singled out the crates, known as sow stalls, as inhumane, and several states have moved to ban or restrict their use not only in pork production, but also in the production of eggs and veal.

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McDonalds Gestation Crates Gestation Veal 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

But there is a net loss in all meat production, not just of farmed fish or feeding fish to land animals being raised for food. Feeding grain to chickens, pigs and cows is even more inefficient, with 70 percent of grain grown in the United States going to animals raised for food. Danielle Kichler Washington, Nov.

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New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Yet he spends time describing the miserable deaths of day-old male chicks and understands what happens in dairy production, and I assume he doesn't partake of anyone's eggs or milk. He always refers to himself and his wife and his child as "vegetarian." But why does he say "vegetarian?"

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

21, 2008 To the Editor: You rightly capture the magnitude of the problem of ensuring safe food products. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., And it is not just at the slaughterhouses but at the factory farms where these animals are tortured from the very beginning of their lives to the horrible end. Bertha Rogers Delhi, N.Y.,

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New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 3, 2011

Choose from the Red Bird, the Yellow Bird or the Green Pig. These products are also available in a 2.5” Sometimes it’s the pig, other times it’s the bird, but now she always pulls out an Angry Bird toy first! version for small dogs. She loved both sizes, and is still having a hard time choosing her favorite.

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Pets Pigs Game Birds 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2012

I found that the long road to the parking lot was particulary productive, on both days I saw one of my birds of the trip on it. And one final treat was a Musky Rat-kangaroo , the smallest member of the macropod (kangaroo and wallaby) suborder, no bigger than a guinea-pig.

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