Starting on Monday, April 12th and ending 13th, 2020, a widespread tornado outbreak affected the Southeastern part of the United States. A tornado demolished several factory chicken farms in Murray READ ON
Animal Cruelty Investigation
U.S. Chicken Farms Burying Alive Thousands of Birds; Rescuer Arrested
Fairlife Board Member Embroiled in First Major Abuse Investigation on Organic Dairy Farm
The Animal Recovery Mission (ARM) recently released the first ever investigation into an organic dairy in the United States and the third installment of the largest dairy investigation of all READ ON
The Dark and Deceptive Side of the Pet Food Industry
“Pet food” sounds animal-friendly, but behind the scenes, millions of baby chicks and adult birds are suffocated and shredded to death for pet food and farmed animal feed. Embryonic chick-sexing READ ON
“Broiler Breeder” Chickens: Their Misery Revealed
Karen Davis takes us inside the bleak and brutal world of “broiler breeder” chickens, the hens and roosters who produce the eggs that become the chicks who are slaughtered at READ ON
Before They Were Bacon: Stepping Into a Modern Day Stockyard
We give them water. Help them drink. Carefully stroke their bellies. The stockyard gives me the opportunity to look into their eyes for longer, and their desperation and pain is READ ON
I Visited A Small, Organic Dairy Farm to See If Animals Were Treated Better
While passing a small dairy farm on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in the Point Reyes National Seashore in early October, I made an impromptu visit to a small, family-owned, pasture-based, READ ON
Severed Heads of Mothers Found in Dumpster: Story & Video
As uniquely grisly as these images are, (and as singularly cruel as halal slaughter may seem), it’s important to realize that even in the best of circumstances, under the most READ ON
Cockfighting and Chicken Wings: Pleasure from Suffering
This video consists of footage taken Saturday, November 29th at Club Gallistico De Puerto Rico, the most popular public cockfighting arena on the island. I along with my partner Alejandro READ ON
Horrifying Meat Animal Research Center No Worse Than Most Farms
Before the recent damning investigative report on the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) in the New York Times, few outside the beef, pork, and lamb industries had heard of READ ON
Revolting Videos of Turkey Breeding
Domestic turkeys have been bred to be so large, they cannot mate naturally, so hens are forcibly “inseminated” several times. Males are masturbated to get their semen. A “milker” at READ ON
Dog Branding Shines Light on Bigger Picture of Animal Cruelty
The recent news story of a dog in Kentucky named Felicity, who was found tied to a post and branded with a profanity, sparked an outpouring of empathy as well READ ON
The Secret Life of Poultry Products
In this gripping account of the lives of chickens raised for meat, Karen Davis connects the appalling physical environments in which these birds are raised and the pathogens that contaminate READ ON
Baby Turkeys Ground Up Alive? It’s Normal Farming Practice
At hatcheries, baby turkeys are treated like unfeeling plastic toys rather than living animals who experience fear and pain. As part of standard processing, they endure excruciating mutilations without painkiller READ ON
7 Ways Eating Meat, Dairy and Eggs Destroys Motherhood
Farmed animals care about their babies, and include some of the most devoted mothers in the animal kingdom. Yet animal farming is fundamentally built on the destruction of motherhood. Every READ ON
CO2 Stunning of Pigs, Called “More Humane,” Horrifies in New Footage
CO2 stunning of pigs, also referred to as Controlled Atmosphere Stunning, is often touted as the most humane method of rendering pigs unconscious before slitting their throats at the slaughterhouse. READ ON
From Bacon to Holiday Ham: A Day in the Life
Many people have by now seen the horrifying footage from Tyson Pork that Mercy for Animals released earlier this year. And while it’s certainly the case that farms exist where READ ON
12 Reasons You May Never Want To Eat Turkeys Again
Did you know that nearly 46 million turkeys are killed just for Thanksgiving every year in the U.S.? There are many misconceptions about turkeys raised for food, and many things READ ON
Farmer Wants World to See What Humane Turkey Slaughter Looks Like
As an alternative to the horrific cruelty suffered by factory slaughtered turkeys, this farmer opened his doors to show the world what humane turkey slaughtering looks like on his farm. READ ON
Saddest Slaughterhouse Footage Ever Shows No Blood Or Slaughter
No matter how much we may talk about kindness, no matter how much we may practice it elsewhere, as long as we demand that living, feeling individuals be harmed and READ ON
Fair Oaks Farms ‘Pig Adventure,’ The First Factory Farm Disneyland, Now a ‘Humane Certified’ Farm
Ashley Capps created this incredibly virtual tour of her experience visiting Pig Adventure on opening day, August 5th. She walks us through her visit using a photo slideshow and even READ ON
