Animal agriculture made Pakistan crisis worse FORT MYERS, Florida; ISLAMABAD, Pakistan––With Hurricane Ian storm water still receding in Florida and South Carolina, the human body count rising over 100, and animal casualties only just beginning to be estimated, Julien Harneis, United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Pakistan, might be said to have picked an awkward time to appeal to the […]
Fourth attempted Iowa “ag gag” law fails on first glance by a judge
“Ag gag” falls on summary judgement DES MOINES, Iowa––U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose on September 26, 2022 struck down the latest of four attempts by the Iowa legislature to pass an “ag gag” law prohibiting activists and journalists from producing undercover video of activities inside factory farms, feedlots, and slaughterhouses. Three of the four […]
Earth First! founder & “conservative conservationist” Dave Foreman, 74
Was also “rewilding” advocate & outspoken opponent of immigration Dave Foreman, 74, died on September 19, 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Born in 1947, the son of a U.S. Air Force sergeant, Foreman spent most of his life in and around Albuquerque, before, after, and during two decades of fame as the often controversial and […]
Florida paradox: Kill a fish, go to jail; kill a million fish, go to market
“These were not just animals” STUART, Florida––Florida authorities, for the fifth time in sixth years, are pursuing a case of alleged cruelty to fish, a category of offense barely recognized anywhere else. Paradoxically, four million Floridians fish, more than the fishing populations of California and Texas combined, and indeed more people than fish in any […]
Animal advocacy “Robin Hood” Gil Michaels dies at 80
Michaels put $40 million into animal causes, but was convicted of toner cartridge scam that netted more than $126 million, according to the federal Department of Justice. VAN NUYS, California––Gilbert N. Michaels, 80, founder of the Compassion for Animals Foundation and Animal Guardians, died on August 19, 2022, while on compassionate release from a four-year […]
Beyond Impossible? Forecasting the future of plant-based burgers
Beyond Meat share price instability does not necessarily mean beans for other companies & other products, or even for their own as the plant-based food market shifts from restaurants to homes EL SEGUNDO, California––Beneath the headline “Beyond Meat: Shares Plummet As Americans Don’t Swallow Plant-Based Burgers,” Harris Anwar of Investing.com on August 10, 2022 […]
Activists who exposed pig farm abuse to be sentenced on August 26
Two of the “Excelsior Four” face up to 10 years in prison ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia, Canada––Convicted by jury on July 12, 2022 on charges of breaking and entering and mischief for their part in exposing alleged animal abuse at the Excelsior Hog Farm in Abbotsford, British Columbia in April 2019, vegan activists Nick Schafer and […]
Sodium nitrite, used to cure bacon, is introduced to kill feral pigs
Panicked Australian & American pig producers push for the perfect poison to protect their investments Yellow phosphorus, cyanide gas, & Compound 1080 already flunked BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia––Japanese encephalitis, a potentially deadly disease spread by mosquitoes who lay their eggs in pig effluent, with onset symptoms resembling rabies in severe cases, “has been found for the […]
Iowa belongs to Boss Hogg now. The stench? That’s money.
Roasting pigs alive & smothering the state in pig manure is fine for farmers, says Iowa law, but errant individuals will be prosecuted DES MOINES, Iowa––Whatever happened to Jefferson Davis “J.D.” Hogg, better known as Boss Hogg, the insatiably greedy and unscrupulous villain of the 1979-1985 television series The Dukes of Hazzard? Rumor has […]
Will a Washington court make Costco treat chickens better in Nebraska & Iowa?
Two Costco shareholders sue the board of directors for allegedly violating humane laws SEATTLE, Washington––Costco Wholesale Corporation, better known as just Costco, in 2016 introduced a novel strategy to wring profits out of the necks of chickens. Now Legal Impact for Chickens, a recently formed San Francisco-based nonprofit, is pursuing a novel legal strategy to […]
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