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When Pigs Fly At The Royal Melbourne Show (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Melbourne-Australia, Jumping Pigs, Pigs, Flying Pigs, Farm Animals, Animal Tricks, Animals, Cute Animals, Royal Melbourne Show, Green News

Who knew pigs could fly? Check out these pork-bellied tricksters as they soar through the air at the annual Royal Melbourne Show in Australia. Vote fo...

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Ezra Klein: Just Say No To Antibacterial Burgers

washingtonpost.com | Ezra Klein | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Factory Farms, Farm Animals, Food Safety, Meat Production, Antibiotics in Meat, Food Politics, Green News

When you give antibiotics to animals meant to become food, however, you're ensuring that antibiotics end up in the food in low but constant doses. Tha...

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Support Current Legislation to Improve Farm Animal Conditions in New York State

Paula Crossfield | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Humane Society, AB 8163, New York State, Farm Animals, Animal Welfare, Legislation, New York, Green News
Paula Crossfield

Very few people know that a bill similar to California's Prop 2 to protect hens, sows and calves has been proposed in New York State's Assembly, where it is currently stuck in the Agriculture Committee.

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This Week in Animals: Bat Love Songs, Celebrity Pets, Lobster Power And More!

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Animals, Cute Animals, Science, Pets, Celebrity Pets, Bats, Love Songs, Celebrities, Celebrity Animals, Global Warming, Animal Face of Global Warming, Lobsters, Farm Animals, Animal Abuse, Rats, Rat Island, Alaska Rat Island, This Week in Animals, This-Week-in-Animals, Slideshow, Slidepoll, Green News

HuffPost Green posted some informative animal stories this week, which we hope that you enjoyed. Flip through our slideshow for a refresher and don't ...

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If Pets Are Protected From Animal Abuse, Why Not Farm Animals?

The Atlantic Food Channel | By Bill Niman and Nicolette Hahn Niman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Production, Farm Animals, Factory Farming, Farms, Animals, Industrial Agriculture, Animal Abuse, Green News

Most people know NFL quarterback Michael Vick jeopardized his career and went to prison for violating animal cruelty laws. What they likely don't real...

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Robert Everle: "Zoo From Hell' Owner Gets Probation

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 09.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Farm Animals, Animal Cruelty, West Haverstraw, Robert Everle, Robert Everle Zoo, Zoo From Hell, New York News

WEST HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. — A New Yorker convicted of animal cruelty has received three years of probation for running what a prosecutor called a "z...

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Who's Hogging Our Antibiotics?

Laura Rogers | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Farm Animals, Drug-Ads, Health, Antibiotics, Drugs, American Medical Association, Animals, American-Academy-of-Pediatrics, Meat, Living News
Laura Rogers

The way we are raising our food animals -- by regularly feeding them human antibiotics -- is putting human health at risk.

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It's Time to Take the Pharma Out of Farming

Steve Ells | Posted 04.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Food Matters, Politics of Food, Sustainable Food, Agriculture, Antibiotics, Farm Animals, Chipotle, Agribusiness, Sustainable Agriculture, Food, Animals, Meat, Industrial Agriculture, Green News
Steve Ells

Antibiotic use is not a prerequisite to life on the farm, but rather a threat to life itself. Let's preserve these drugs for the sick animals and humans who need them.

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Even My Goose Supports Green Energy

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Geese, Sustainable Food, Going Green, Green, Sustainability, Green Energy, Happiness, Energy, Pets, Farm Animals, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Cfl, Animals, Sustainable, Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs, Compact Florescent Lightbulb, Cute Animals, Cfls, Lightbulbs, Green News
Jenna Woginrich

What the... something white, curly, and shiny was underneath my goose, Saro. It was a spiral of glass? Then I saw it. She was laying on a compact fluorescent light bulb.

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California Says Yes To Animal Rights

Treehugger | Alex Smith | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Factory Farms, Farm Animals, Animal Rights, Proposition 2, California, Animal Cruelty, Environmental Policy, Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Green News

Yesterday, California voters voted overwhelmingly in favor of Proposition 2, a historic move that brings animals legal rights in the land of factory f...

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The Best Medicine on TV

Michael Markarian | Posted 11.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Pets, Agriculture, Food Safety, Veterinary Medicine, Prop 2, Farm Animals, Animals, California, Factory Farms, Veterinarians, Entertainment News
Michael Markarian

The YES! on Prop 2 campaign launched two new television ads this week in California, showing voters statewide the cruelties of factory farming.

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In Their Opinion, Prop 2 is a No-Brainer

Michael Markarian | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Eggs, Newspapers, Endorsements, California, Editorials, Agriculture, Farm Animals, Prop 2, Proposition 2, Animals, Politics News
Michael Markarian

While some other newspaper editorial writers fell for the scare tactics of Big Agribusiness on Prop 2, plenty of opinion leaders have taken a thoughtful and careful look at the measure.

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Uncaged: New Animated Video on California's Prop 2!

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.31.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Animation, Animals, Farm Animals, Free Range Studios, Humane Society, Proposition 2, California, Entertainment News
Michael Markarian

[Free Range Studios] is shining a spotlight on more factory farm abuses, and their new animated film urges Californians to vote YES! on Proposition 2. Watch this hilarious new video.

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Herd on the Hill

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Factory Farming, John Campbell, Chris Shays, Horses, Tom Lantos, Canada, America's Next Top Model, Prop 2, Animals, Farm Animals, Seal Hunt, Bob Filner, California, Susan Collins, Proposition 2, Nigel Barker, Carl Levin, Horse Slaughter, Elton Gallegly, Animal Cruelty, Seals, Atlantic Coast, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Passage of this modest, but crucial, ballot measure in California will surely change the calculus for farm animals elsewhere by demonstrating that Americans have no tolerance for gratuitous cruelty.

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