A Simple Matter of Right and Wrong Goes Very, Very Wrong at a Vermont Slaughterhouse
Extreme June Heat in Iowa Led to Feedlot Deaths
According to Wallaces Farmer and the Iowa Cattlemen's Association (ICA), area feedlot operators were on 24-hour duty attempting to keep cattle cool during a rapid temperature increase in the final week of June. When routine practices such as providing shelter…
Open for Business: The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill
The guerilla street artist Banksy has just unveiled a new exhibit in New York City's Greenwich Village. Featuring self-dipping chicken nuggets and other animatronic oddities, this is an artist's take on cultural and utilitarian attitudes towards animals-on the farm and…
Cage Free: More Complicated Than You Think
Part of the objective of our blog is to encourage educated discussion about farm animal welfare. Here are three recent articles that discuss California's Proposition 2, and some of the issues surrounding it. One article by David Sneed summarizes the…
What about eggs from pasture-based farms?
On November 4, 2008, Californians will vote on the "Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act." The purpose of this act, as cited by the Attorney General, is to "prohibit the cruel confinement of farm animals in a manner that does…
Citizens in Illinois Cry Out for Help
Matthew B. Alschuler wrote to us from Warren, Illinois asking for ideas on how he and his community can stop the development of a 13,000 head dairy cattle factory. Please see the website http://www.stopthemegadairy.org/index.html for information and to learn how…