Slaughterhouses

This Little Piggy Went To Market: Where Does Your Meat Come From?

Jamie Schler | Posted 05.29.2012

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Jamie Schler

With the worry that American beef is pumped up with hormones and who knows what else, maybe it is time Americans are taught where the food on their plates comes from.

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U.S. Slaughterhouse Owner Plans To Process Horses For Meat

AP | Posted 04.14.2012

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ROSWELL, N.M. -- The owner of a New Mexico slaughterhouse is defending his plan to become the first plant in the nation since 2007 to handle horses af...

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The New Factory Farm: Brain-Dead Chicken 'Matrix'

The Huffington Post | Allie Compton | Posted 02.29.2012

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André Ford, an architecture student from the U.K., wants to bring new meaning to the phrase "like a chicken with its head cut off." He proposed hi...

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Why Is Georgetown Law Helping to Promote Cruelty to Animals?

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 01.26.2012

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Bruce Friedrich

Every year in the U.S., the pork industry estimates that hundreds of thousands of pigs arrive at slaughterhouses crippled and in so much pain that they are unable to stand. It is unconscionable that federal law does not require that we end their agony.

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The Low-Down on Downers and the USDA

Gene Baur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gene Baur

Now is our chance to let the USDA know that we demand that action is taken to prevent downed animals from being abused and slaughtered for human food.

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Animals, Kids, and Slaughterhouse Effects on Crime

Marc Bekoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marc Bekoff

A recent study showed that there is a link between slaughterhouses and brutal crime.

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Living The Teenage Life; Peer Pressure and Carnivores

Chloe Spencer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vegetarian, Green Living, Reasons to Be a Vegetarian, Go Green, Vegetarianism, Teen Peer Pressure, Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Peer Pressure, Prop 2, Animal Slaughter, Slaughterhouses, Green Eating, Social Pressure, Packaged Meats, Environmental Footprint, Green News
Chloe Spencer

Even though you buy your nicely plastic-wrapped meat at the grocery store, it doesn't mean that what's in that package didn't suffer to get there.

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