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Humane Treatment of Animals

Big Ag To Sway Ohio Voters On Treatment Of Farm Animals

Mother Jones | Kevin Drum | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Production, Big Ag, Agribusiness, Caged Animals, Humane Treatment of Animals, Meat Industry, Ohio, Food Politics, Issue 2, Green News

Ohio voters will hit the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of an agribusiness-backed proposal that would amend the state constitution and create a boar...

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Investing in the Animals' Future, and Our Own

Michael Markarian | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Enforcement, Funding, Animal Welfare Act, Animals, Humane Slaughter, Animal Fighting, Animal Kindness, Animal Rights, Animal Humanity, Humane Treatment of Animals, Horses, Animal Legislation, Green News
Michael Markarian

We've seen time and time again that the animals' fate is intertwined with our own, and that addressing animal welfare policies helps to safeguard all of us.

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Moving the Ball Forward for Primates, Polar Bears

Michael Markarian | Posted 03.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Polar Bears, Travis the Chimp, Primates, Endangered Species Act, Chimpanzee Attack, Endangered Animals, Chimpanzees, Animals, Humane Treatment of Animals, Green News
Michael Markarian

The federal government took two major steps today to protect wild animals from cruelty and abuse. The government clearly has a key role to play when it comes to animal conservation.

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Giving, Generosity and Thanks

Craig McCord | Posted 03.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Farming, The People Who Feed Us, Food Poor, Good Shepherd Turkey Ranch, Humane Treatment of Animals, Zak Palaccio, Cabrito, Turkeys, Heritage Turkey, Local Vegetables, Needy, Sustainable Farming, Fatty Crab, Robert Kennedy Jr., Food Bank of Nyc, Living News
Craig McCord

On Wednesday, November 26, 2008, over eight hundred clients of the Food Bank were fed a hot, delicious Thanksgiving banquet.

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Sasha Eats Peanut Butter -- It Needs to Be Safe

Susie Hoeller | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Quality Assurance, President Obama, Humane Treatment of Animals, Holistic Food Policy, Fda, Peanut Product Recall, Sasha Obama, Obama Daughters, Green News
Susie Hoeller

President Obama is correct to call for a review of the FDA: the agency needs more resources to prevent contaminated foods from poisoning consumers and to deter and punish wrong doers.

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Peace Gnome to the Rescue

Mike Sheehan | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Poole, Elephant, Cruelty, Pachyderm, Zoo, Kucinich, Inhumane, Animals, Animal Cruelty, Peace Gnome, LA City Council, Animal Rights, Humane Treatment of Animals, Dennis Kucinich, L.A. County Zoo, Politics News
Mike Sheehan

Rep. Kucinich (D-OH) -- whom we around here affectionately refer to as the "Peace Gnome" -- is urging the L.A. City Council to free a captive elephant languishing in a county zoo.

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