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
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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
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
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
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
What about Humanely Raised Milk and Dairy Products?
Most know that the conditions for dairy cows on factory farms are cruel and inhumane in many ways. But how about the so-called humane alternatives? That’s what everyone is asking READ ON
Silence and Denial in Everyday Life—The Case of Animal Suffering
How is it that decent and compassionate people co-exist in silence about widespread animal suffering? This question is the basis of a new University of Newcastle paper exploring the sociological READ ON
Iowa’s answer to inhumane treatment of animals? Shoot the messenger.
A new bill proposed in both the Iowa and Florida state legislatures would make it a crime to take a photo of a farm without the owner’s permission. But what READ ON
Exclusive Interview with Poultry Welfare Pioneer Karen Davis PhD
“I believe we owe it to the birds to do what we can to make their lives less miserable through legislation and public pressure, and to hold the industries that READ ON
The Hidden Casualties of the Dairy Industry: Male Calves
In a recent story, Farm Sanctuary described a scene all too common in animal agriculture. The author recounts the disturbing experience of attending an animal auction where animals are hauled READ ON
Organic Egg Standards: What Are They?
Many “organic” operators provide only tiny enclosed porches, with roofs and concrete or wood flooring, yet call these structures “the outdoors,” says Cornucopia. “Many of the porches represent just 3 READ ON
Understanding The Chicken-Human Relationship
In my quest for understanding the fate of the modern chicken and how it has become perhaps the most undervalued and highly commoditized animal on the planet, I was led READ ON
A New Video Exposes the Realities Behind the Commercial Turkey Industry
“If you’re planning to put a turkey on your Thanksgiving table this year, please take seven minutes to watch this important video and understand what it took for that bird READ ON
