Farm Animals

Farm Animal ER: Factory Farming Hurts Everyone

Gene Baur | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Veganism, Farm Sanctuary, Animal Rescue, Animal Sanctuary, Farms, Farm, Vegan, Farm Animals, Animals, Animal Shelter, Factory Farming, Slideexpand, Green News

If an ER for calves, pigs, chickens, turkeys and goats seems extreme to you, you may be more out of touch with your food than you think.

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Burger King Leads the Charge for Better Animal Welfare

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Hsus, Food, Farm Animals, Chickens, Battery Cages, Pigs, Gestation Crates, Burger King, Impact News

According to its new policy, BK will only do business with pork suppliers that have detailed plans to end their use of gestation crates.

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The Conscientious Consumer's Quandary

Andrew Gunther | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Animal Welfare, Local Farms, Agricultural Certification, Farm Animals, Animal Welfare Approved, Sustainable Farming, Agriculture, Food News

If you aren't able to make regular visits to every farm your food dollar touches, and if you really want to have confidence in the farms you are supporting, you need to look for a credible third-party certification.

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GOP Lawmaker Compares Women To Farm Animals

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Hb 954, Abortion, Pro Choice, Women's Rights, Birth Control, Video, Women's Health, Abortion Rights, Georgia, Terry England, Farm Animals, Contraception, Politics News

Georgia state Rep. Terry England compared women to farm animals while discussing an abortion measure on the Georgia state house floor. The republic...

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On Love, Loss, and Hot Dogs

Kathy Stevens | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Hotdogs, Food, Vegetarian, Pets, Animals, Cows, Animal Compassion, Dogs, Vegan, Animal Rescue, Field Roast, Animal Communication, Human-Animal Bond, Farm Animals, Omega Institute, Pia Salk, Bruce Littlefield, Impact News

Last Sunday was fun. I was one of three judges at Go Dog Go, a fundraiser held by Pause Dog Boutique to support dog rescue efforts.

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No More Gestation Crates, Says McDonald's

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Restaurant, Animal Welfare, Pigs, Hsus, McDonald's, Food, Farm Animals, Animals, Gestation Crates, Food News

It's the biggest and perhaps best-known restaurant chain in the world. And today, in a joint statement with The Humane Society of the United States, i...

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HSUS Documents Animal Abuse at Major Pork Producers

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Factory Farming, Farm Animals, Factory Farms, Seaboard Lawsuit, Seaboard Humane Society, Seaboard Foods, Pig Gestation Crates, Gestation Crates, Green News

Living inside a cage barely larger than your body isn't humane and it is not right. Yet this is precisely how the majority of pigs used for breeding by the U.S. pork industry are kept.

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Were Any Animals Harmed In The Making Of Your Down Comforter?

Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Video, Farm Animals, Animal Welfare, Factory Farming, Down Comforters Animal Cruelty, Animal Abuse, Green-Living, Down Comforters, Down Feathers Animal Abuse, Live Plucking, Animal Feathers, Down Feathers, Green News

From Mother Nature Network's Matt Hickman: Q: Were any animals harmed in the making of my new down comforter and feather pillows? A: Funny you ...

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Saving Animals From Your Plate

Daniel Klein | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Farm Animal Sanctuary, Daniel Klein, Farm Animals, Animal Sanctuary, Star Gazing Farm, Animal Farms, Animal Refuge, Food News

We've made films about hunting pigs and squirrels, about fishing for trout and diving for sea urchin, and we've seen the farming of many different types of animals for food. This episode is about NOT eating meat.

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PHOTOS: Amazing Animal Rescues Of 2011

Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Farm Sanctuary, Farm Animal Rescue, Animal Rescue, Video, Farm Animals, Saved Animals, Animal Rescues, Animal Rescue Stories, Baby Animals, Animals, Cute Animals, Animals 2011, 2011 Animal Rescues, Green News

The year of 2011 saw many heartwarming animal rescues, from a kitten rescued from a pipe on Thanksgiving day, to the oil-drenched penguins in New Zeal...

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"Ideal" Conditions or a Big McFib?

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Hsus, Smithfield, McDonald's, Farm Animals, Complaint, Mcrib, Animals, Pigs, Food News

If I told you that pigs confined in gestation crates -- cages barely larger than the animals' bodies, in which they don't have enough space even to turn around -- were living in "ideal" conditions where their "every need is met," you'd probably have a quarrel with that.

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PHOTOS: Unique Chickens Facing Extinction

Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Animal Pictures, Video, Chickens, Chicken Pictures, Farm Animals, National Geographic, Overpopulation, Animal Photography, Chicken Species, Barnyard Animals, Poultry, Animals, Green News

From National Geographic's New "7 Billion" App: A crisis is looming: To feed our growing population, we’ll need to double food production. Yet cr...

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Ten Rescued; Ten Billion More in Need

Kathy Stevens | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Animal Rescue, Animal Suffering, Vegetarian, Factory Farming, Vegan, Agribusiness, Farm Animals, Animals, Impact News

For me, healing the physical and emotional scars inflicted on an animal continues to be the most deeply satisfying part of Catskill Animal Sanctuary's work.

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NASCAR Driver Joins Race To Protect Farm Animals

Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Battery Farms, Veal Crates, Animal Sanctuary, Farm Animals, Andy Lally, Farm Animal Abuse, Factory Farms, Gestational Crates, Spencer Pumpelly, Green News

It may seem like an unlikely partnership, but in the race to protect animals from the abuses of factory farms, NASCAR driver Andy Lally and TRG driver...

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Landmark Agreement to Help Millions of Hens

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Hsus, Eggs, Farm Animals, Chickens, Hens, Animal Welfare, Egg Industry, Animals, Green News

The goal of the Humane Society is not endless campaigning or conflict with political adversaries, but to forge solutions that produce tangible and meaningful outcomes for animals and show a new way forward in society.

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A Day at a Farm With Rob MacInnis

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Farms, Photography, Animal Portraits, Farm Animals, Rob MacInnis, Arts News

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Denver: Animal Farm (UPDATE)

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Backyard Chicken Proposal, Video, Chickens, Backyard Chicken Proposal Pushed Back, Farm Animals, Colorado Farm, Denver Chickens and Goats, Farm Animals in the City, Goats, Denver Chicken Vote, Denver City Council, Chicken Vote Denver, Denver City Council Chicken Vote, What Is Bee, Denver Chickens Goats, Denver City Council Chickens, Backyard Chickens, Denver News

The Denver City Council voted Monday night on the "Backyard Chicken" proposal. If it passes, Denver residents may be allowed up to eight chickens or d...

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Facebook Founder Faces Food

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Farm Animals, Factory Farming, Facebook, Animal Protection, Slaughterhouse, Animal Cruelty, Butchering, Ethical Meat, Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerberg Meat, Green News

We owe Mark Zuckerberg some plaudits, not only for reminding people that eating meat involves the killing of animals, but also for recognizing that it's morally dubious to pass the "dirty work" off to a slaughter plant worker.

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Stars Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Farm Sanctuary

Wendy Diamond | Posted 07.23.2011

Farm animals danced and greeted guests as they arrived to celebrate the 25th Anniversary for Farm Sanctuary at Cipriani Wall Street on May 14th. "If ...

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Farm Sanctuary: 25 Years for the Animals

Victoria Moran | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Veganism, Farm Sanctuary, Farm Animals, Factory Farming, Gene Baur, Vegan, Green News

Farm Sanctuary opens their doors so that city and suburban folk can meet farm animals and learn how engaging, intelligent, and like us each one of these individuals is. It puts a whole new spin on "What's for dinner?"

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Photographs of the Dying: A Shared Experience Amongst Creatures

Katherine Dunn | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Photography, Farming, Wisdoms, Farm Animals, Hospice Work, Farm, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News

She weighed just 4 pounds. I had secretly named her Little Daisy, which is a mistake. One should never name a lamb before a few days; you learn that.

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HSUS Video Shows Why Smithfield Must Recommit to Crate Phase-Out Timeline

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Agriculture, Virginia, Humane Society of the United States, Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare, Farm Animals, Smithfield Foods, Undercover Investigation, Pigs, Factory Farms, Agribusiness, Temple Grandin, Pork, Gestation Crates, Green News

Getting rid of gestation crates is the most important reform the pork industry could implement at this time.

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What It's Like to Run an Animal Sanctuary

Kathy Stevens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farm Animal Sanctuary, Animal Sanctuary, Animal Cruelty, Farm Animals, Animal Abuse, Horse Sanctuary, Animal Shelter, Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Green News

Last Tuesday, I hopped three planes, picked up a rental car and drove several hours to meet a woman whose farm in a remote part of the Midwest is in trouble.

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In Memory of Dr. Dean Wyatt: A Courageous Voice Against Cruelty

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Agriculture, Slaughterhouse, Veterinarians, Humane Society of the United States, Whistleblowers, Farm Animals, Slaughter Plant, Humane Methods of Slaughter Act, Usda, Meat Industry, Bushway Packing Inc., Green News

Most of us have had the fortunate experience of meeting individuals, at one point or another in our lives, who demonstrated integrity and commitment o...

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An Open Letter to the Missouri Farm Bureau

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Proposition B, Dog Breeders, Humane Society of the United States, Farm Animals, Pets, Puppy Mills, Agriculture, Farm Bureau, Missouri, Cage Free Eggs, Dogs, Politics News

Last week, Missouri voters approved Proposition B, requiring that large-scale commercial breeders provide in a year's time sufficient space for dogs, ...

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