I don't know how many of you actually go and read the entries on my blog or subscribe to it, but I guess it was obvious to you all that Laura and I had decided...
HOMES NEEDED FOR SHEEP Over 50 sheep seized from a slaughterhouse in Los Angeles need permanent adoptive homes. Working with humane agents, Animal Acres ...
(from HSUS newsletter) U.S. Department of Agriculture might put all of your hard work to save horses from slaughter at risk, and we desperately need your help....
Systemic spread of avian influenza virus in cats January 16, 2006 News-Medical.Net Researchers at Erasmus Medical Center have demonstrated systemic spread of...
archived at http://archives.foodsafetynetwork.ca/animalnet-archives.htm The animal self January 22, 2006 New York Times (magazine) Charles Siebert, a...
Cattle Renderings Could Fuel North American Cement Kilns 1/23/2006 By William J. Angelo Some European and Japanese cement manufacturers have started using ...
High School Castrating Pigs Without Anesthetics 1:04 PM Rosamond High School Castrating Pigs Without Anesthetics PETA was recently notified about a high school...
Pigs seized as farmer stands firm on stench January 17, 2006 CBC.CA News Quebec's Environment Department was cited as seizing almost 600 pigs from a farm in...
Make pig farmers respect the law (from the same source as before - just an editorial on the issue) Make pig farmers respect the law January 18, 2006 The...
Politically motivated pork industry expansion not likely sustainable January 18, 2006 Farmscape (Episode 2028) An Edmonton base Management consultant suggests...
Cheryl, My understanding and what is printed on the packages of chicken meat is that it is illegal to pump broiler chickens with hormones. They are, however,...
I, personally, am aware of this and assume most people are. It is good to bring it up in case they are not. The other reason chickens grow so freakishly huge...
Another BSE case detected in Canada by John Gregerson on 1/23/2006 for Meatingplace.com The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed in a press conference ...
(I am condensing these related articles into one post for convenience sake and to make for easier reading.) Japan's ag minister nixes U.S. request to ease beef...
Fire shuts down veal packer by Pete Hisey on 1/23/2006 for Meatingplace.com It took firefighters four hours to bring a blaze that shuttered the Golden Veal...
Cargill allowed to raise Iowa hogs by John Gregerson on 1/23/2006 for Meatingplace.com A federal judge approved a settlement that gives Minnetonka, Minn.- ...
(This is mostly being posted for those who rescue factory-farmed chickens like we do in order to help prevent disease and death, though it does have useful...
THE VOCAL POINT: Tearing down the 'factory farm' fallacy by Dan Murphy on 1/20/2006 for Meatingplace.com Of all the epithets and appellations applied to...
Inspector general blasts GIPSA; Johanns promises changes by Pete Hisey on 1/20/2006 for Meatingplace.com Phyllis Fong, the Agriculture Department's inspector...
Three perspectives on animal welfare at POULTRY IPE roundtable by Ann Bagel on 1/19/2006 for Meatingplace.com Animal welfare is a huge issue for everyone...
Published on Sunday, January 8, 2006 by the lndependent/UK GM: New Study Shows Unborn Babies Could Be Harmed Mortality rate for new-born rats six times higher...
Associated Press Group: U.S. Not Protected Against Mad Cow By LIBBY QUAID , 01.04.2006, 05:52 PM Researchers and the nation's No. 1 burger seller say the...
Concrete measures to improve the protection and welfare of animals over the next five years are outlined in a new Action Plan on the protection and welfare of...
http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2006/01/23/66761 January 24, 2006 UNIVERSITY DINING Battery cages are not good for chickens Gregory's assertions about the egg...
Cage-free egg era arrives By: Margaret Poe - The Daily Iowan Issue date: 1/24/06 Section: Metro Students polishing off omelets or airy crêpes at UI dining...
Dining halls to enter "cage-free" era By: Kristine King Issue date: 1/24/06 Section: News University Hospitality Services (UHS) will be serving organic eggs ...
Bird Flu, Mad Cow Take Toll on Tyson January 30, 2006 DES MOINES, Iowa (Dow Jones)--Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN), hobbled by what it termed an 'ugly' beef business,...