A new article shared by the Dairy Herd offers tips from a veterinarian on how to make “dehorning” cows less painful. Dr. Hans Coetzee claims that “Using pain management tools READ ON
Farm Animal Welfare
Veterinarian Advocates “Humane” Mutilation?
Why I Abandoned My Horse Racing and Riding Past
As a young child, who loved being outside and connecting with animals, I looked forward to going to my grandparent’s racehorse farm in Pennsylvania each year. Only now, with years READ ON
Time to Spread the Joy
Between December 2014 and June 2015, more than 33 million chickens, turkeys and ducks were suffocated to death with firefighting foam and carbon dioxide in the Midwestern states of Iowa, READ ON
Backyard Chickens: Expanding Our Understanding of ‘Harm’
Backyard chicken keepers often describe their relationship with their chickens as “symbiotic.” They provide them with a great life and in return their chickens provide them with eggs. There are READ ON
Farm Animals Take Center Stage in Zoe Weil’s New TED Talk
When we learned that humane education visionary Zoe Weil had recorded a new TED talk on farm animals, we couldn’t wait to learn more about it. Watch her TED talk READ ON
Salmonella: Blame the Hatcheries, Not the Chickens
I’ve seen a lot of media coverage lately about salmonella and backyard chickens. The Center for Disease Control has issued specific guidelines for backyard chicken keepers for avoiding salmonella, claiming READ ON
Castration of Baby Animals with No Painkillers is Legal and Common Practice in Farming Today
Some people doubt that farmers castrate baby animals without painkillers. Indeed they do, whether they label the “end product” organic, free-range, grass-fed, or pasture-raised. Using castrators is perfectly legal and READ ON
Animal Welfare Labeling: What They’re Not Telling You
Ninety-five percent of meat eaters today express an avid interest in animal welfare. Given the extent of this concern, certification has become big business. Unlike “organic,” however, there’s no legal READ ON
Nature’s Perfect Package: Labeling Our Way to a Clear Conscience
Consumers opposed to factory farming want to know more about the animals we eat. How were they raised? Did they live on a pasture? What did they eat? Where were READ ON
ASPCA Promotes Compassion, Respect, and Now the Slaughter of Animals
ASPCA, one of the leading animal protection organizations, would have you believe that the killing of chickens, as shown in the photo here, can somehow constitute a humane practice, a READ ON
From Battery Cages to Colony Cages: Progress for Egg Laying Hens?
Almost all of the animal welfare organizations are praising the move from battery cages to colony cages for egg laying hens both here and in Europe. It’s a victory for READ ON
A Victory for Farm Animal Activists and Watchdog Protection in Finland
A court in Salo, Finland has acquitted a group of animal activists affiliated with Justice for Animals who recorded the video footage depicting cruel conditions at pig farms of all READ ON
Celebrating and Remembering an Adopted Turkey Named Amelia this Thanksgiving
Most people only know turkey from the supermarket shelf tightly wrapped in flashy packaging or sliced into deli meats. Food advertising has completely and deliberately dissociated us from the source READ ON
Doris the Hen’s Amazing Recovery and What Most Don’t Know about Eggs
Can we honestly say that eggs are “humane” simply by evaluating the conditions under which the hens are raised? I don’t care whether they are labeled “pasture raised,” “organic,” or READ ON
See No Evil: Denial and Animal Suffering (Part 1)
We live in a culture where it is completely normal to do things to billions of animals that we would consider unthinkable to do to humans or the cats and READ ON
The 4-H Club: A Case Study in How We Teach Our Children to Relate to Farm Animals
University of Colorado researchers Colter Ellis and Leslie Irvine have published a paper examining how children in 4-H programs interact with and view the animals they raise and then sell READ ON
Chickens Raised for Meat: Standards and Practices
Ever wonder how do the 25 million chickens, turkeys and ducks killed for food EVERY DAY in the United States get to our supermarket and favorite restaurant? This comprehensive report READ ON
Decoding Carnism: The Case of the Self-Professed ‘Compassionate’ Butcher
A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a story published by civileats.com about Farmstead Meatsmith and the owner / butcher Brandon Sheard. It’s a prime example of a trend I READ ON
From Battery Cage to Enriched Colony Cage: A Breakthrough for Egg-Laying Hens?
There is no doubt that the recent deal brokered by HSUS and The United Egg Producers (UEP) is historic and unprecedented. It is a sign of the times, a sign READ ON
Paradise Lost: The Holocaust of the Birds
When I see the transit cars on the freight trains that haul live chickens packed in hundreds of small crates, stacked several stories high and side by side, I think READ ON
