Human Society

Animal Welfare and the Dog Days of Summer

Ellen Susman | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics


Ellen Susman

The great Mahatma Gandhi said, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by how it treats its animals." If we are to be judged by his adage, then we have failed.

Slaughterhouse Owner Backs Off Claims

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse that produced 143 million pounds of recalled beef acknowledged Wednesday that co...

Meat Recall Prompts Call for USDA Reform

AP | JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's twin mandates of promoting the nation's agriculture and monitoring it for safety are being qu...

Owners Ditch Pets After Houses Foreclose

ABC News | Evelyn Nieves | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The house was ravaged -- its floors ripped, walls busted and lights smashed by owners who trashed their home before a bank foreclosed on it. Hidden in...

Internet-Ordered Pups Are Frequently Imported, Diseased

ABC News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Americans were outraged earlier this year when imported pet food made hundreds of pets sick. But what if you found out that thousands of puppies are i...