Hogs

Hunter Thinks Girlfriend Is Hog, Shoots Her

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.23.2012

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A Florida hunter accidentally shot his girlfriend thinking that she was his target -- a wild hog. Cops said that Brandon man Steven Egan, 52, was h...

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Humane Society Exposes Pig Breeding Horrors -- But It Doesn't Have to Be This Way

David Kirby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sows, Animal Factory, Humane Society of the United States, Sweden, Factory Farming, Hogs, Hsus, Factory Farms, Cafo, Smithfield, Pork, Green News
David Kirby

Pork shoulder at my local supermarket costs 99 cents a pound, but zucchini cost $1.99 a pound. Why? Because American factory farms mass produce swine with such efficiency that the cash value of a pig's life has dwindled downward.

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Ninety Years On - Will the Feds Finally Break Up the Meat Monopoly?

Regina Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Vilsack, Packers and Stockyards Act, Farmers, Monopoly, Hogs, Antitrust, Conspiracy, Food, Cattle, Ranchers, Meat, Meat Industry, Food Monnopoly, Eric Holder, Food Industry, Green News
Regina Weiss

In 1919 the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported to President Woodrow Wilson on a months-long investigation that produced seven volumes of evide...

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How Clean Are New York Bars?

The New York Observer | Julia Halperin | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday, Aug. 5, between 9 p.m. and midnight, a half-dozen Observer interns flocked to 20 New York bars, armed with sterile swabs, to find out jus...

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Farmers in Missouri Win a Battle with a Hog Production Giant

Dr. John Salerno | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. John Salerno

Factory farm advocates argue that their pork is affordable for working families. But who will pay the health care and cleanup costs that will inevitably result from meat full of growth hormones and antibiotics?

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Hog Wild! Pigs Shut Down Arkansas Interstate

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Hogs on the highway aren't always motorcycles. Arkansas State Police say a tractor-trailer rig hauling pigs overturned early...

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Swine Flu and Paranoia, North of the Border

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 11.17.2011

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Chantal Sicile-Kira

There were reports of local San Diego residents acting pig-headed and hogging the road more than usual, but so far any connection to the swine flu outbreak has yet to be established.

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Peak Pork: Hog Prices Defy Commodities Bust

Clusterstock | Joe Weisenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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The sudden collapse of oil prices has made people really quiet about peak oil and superspikes and various theories that were popular during the run-up...

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Proposed Cow "Gas" Tax Angers Farmers

AP | BOB JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Other Emissions, Carbon Emissions, Cows, The Rising Cost of Gas, Greenhouse Gases, Belching, Farting, Farmers, Pigs, Hogs, Animals, Global Warming, Green News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — For farmers, this stinks: Belching and gaseous cows and hogs could start costing them money if the federal government decides...

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Chinese Bloggers Outraged By Princely Treatment Of Hogs

Wall Street Journal | Juliet Ye | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pigs, Chinese Bloggers, Hogs, Beijing Olympics, Olympic Hogs, Business News

Some fed-up Chinese just want to eat like pigs. In recent weeks, news that hogs are being specially raised to feed the athletes at the next year's Be...

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