November 17th in Prague, an effigy of a burning pig was paraded down the street to protest a pig factory farm in Lety on the site of a former Nazi READ ON
Animal Products and Culture
Burning Pig Effigy Protests Factory Farm on Former Nazi Camp
Bikini Turkeys and Prostitute Chickens: The Sexualized Death Wish
This short video piece featuring Carol Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat, provides a very powerful snapshot of how chickens and turkeys are sexualized by popular culture, linking READ ON
Where the Buffalo Roam (and Have Their Throats Slashed for Profit)
The icon of American culture that was once hunted to near extinction has now been bred for one of the trendiest new flesh products. Broken Wagon Bison Farm outside of READ ON
Happy Chicken Puppets Stoked about Becoming AHA Certified Meat
In stark contrast to Ganzert’s pious performance in the informercial, this new Foster Farms happy chicken commercial portrays chicken puppet characters that are just ecstatic about the AHA humane certification READ ON
Are Chickens Smarter Than Toddlers? A View of Cross-Species Comparisons
Allied with the attempt to place nonhuman animals in a cerebral hierarchy – who is smarter, a lizard or a lion, a penguin or a parrot, a chicken or a READ ON
The Happy Chicken Farmer Fantasy
By allowing his chickens to live 5 weeks longer than those raised on factory farms and by allowing them a few hours a day to forage on a pasture, the READ ON
Pig Adventure Is a Misadventure: McWilliams’ Open Letter to Fair Oaks Farms
Last week I asked esteemed journalist and agricultural history professor James McWilliams to write an open letter to the Northwest Indiana Times regarding their sensationalized coverage of the new Pig READ ON
Overcoming Our ‘Egg-Industry’ View of Chickens
As someone who rescues, raises and advocates on behalf of chickens, one of the biggest challenges I face is getting people to see the chicken BEFORE the egg. Even many READ ON
Deconstructing the Dairy Is Natural Myth in 14 Steps
The dairy industry has most people believing that cow’s milk, and the cheese, yogurt, butter, ice cream and other products derived from it, are “natural” for us to consume. But READ ON
Meet Your ‘Responsibly-Raised’ Meat
Humane washing takes many forms. On the smallest micro level, it sometimes crops up in your local farmer’s market. That’s where I found a new vendor in between the mushroom READ ON
“I Like Them To Stay Standing Up”: Why Luiz Antonio Won’t Eat Animals
When I saw this video, I cried. Apparently I’m not the only one; every other comment I’ve seen from viewers expresses the same reaction. In the video, a toddler in READ ON
Michael Pollan Talks Trash about Chickens Just Like Big Ag He Denounces
“Their brains have been bred right out of them, they’re really nasty and stupid.” That’s what Michael Pollan had to say in a recent interview in Smithsonian about chickens like READ ON
Charles Ramsey, Hero to Kidnap Victims, Rewarded with Lifetime Supply of Kidnap Victims
Charles Ramsey, the internet sensation heralded as a hero for helping to rescue three Cleveland women who were kidnapped, raped and imprisoned for a decade, has earned his reward: an READ ON
Compassionate Poison Gas for Chickens in Europe
While a utilitarian might make a valid case for why we should do whatever we can to reduce the suffering of animals right now, such a position ignores the deeper, READ ON
Dalai Lama to Speak at Kentucky Fried Chicken YUM! Center in Louisville
When we first heard about the Dalai Lama event in Louisville, what struck us most was the venue where his teachings on “Engaging Compassion” would be held: the Kentucky Fried READ ON
The Lone Goat Amongst Our Shopping for Things
While visiting a busy garden center today, I almost walked right past this goat who was watching me and everyone else intently. His eyes pleaded with us for attention, but READ ON
The Backyard Chess Game: Dogs, Chickens and Egg Fixations
Spend enough time reading about the quotidian tribulations of poultry proprietors and you quickly learn about the centrality of violence in chicken ownership. In point of fact the chickens, so READ ON
News Alert: Oakland Sausages Adulterated with Compassion
In the latest labeling scandal to rock the foodie world, an Oakland-based restaurant is enduring a Yelp-inspired pile-on for failing to reveal that trace amounts of compassion were discovered in READ ON
Anxieties Rising in Meat Industry as Animal Activism’s Perceived Threat Looms Large
The 2013 annual stakeholder’s meeting for the Animal Agriculture Alliance in May is entitled “Activists at the Door: Protecting Animals, Farms, Food & Consumer Confidence.” The expansive Animal Rights section READ ON
This Story of One Pig Represents the Seed of Factory Farming
There is something incredibly disturbing to me about the story behind this image. Apparently there is a tradition in Italy, as explained to me by my Italian Facebook friend and READ ON
