“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 […]
Exposed in California & Illinois: the most perverse events in rodeo
“Wild cow milking” goes down for the count in one of last major venues, but fight to ban steer-tailing has barely begun OAKLAND, California––A proposed ban on wild cow milking, the only rodeo event known to have been invented by an alleged philandering pederast, is only a second reading from final approval by the Alameda […]
Asha’s Farm Sanctuary founder charged with felony cattle theft
“Rustling is still a hanging offense.” ––Judge Adam Fenton, Hang ’em High! NEWFANE, New York––The New York State Bureau of Criminal Investigation on August 2, 2022 arrested Asha’s Farm Sanctuary founder Tracy A. Murphy, 59, for third degree felony grand larceny, specifically the alleged theft of two cattle, a cow and a steer, from the nearby […]
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 […]
Hoofed animals worldwide put at risk by foot-&-mouth outbreak in Indonesia
Fatwa allowing Eid-al-Adha slaughter of “mildly ill” animals spares some from slaughter, but may expose thousands more JAKARTA, Indonesia––Simultaneous foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks among cattle in Aceh and Java provinces, 1,650 miles apart, have just about everyone in the cattle, sheep, goat, and pig industries worried that a global foot-and-mouth disease pandemic may be just ahead. […]
Rooster’s Rescue: paint-ball profits (if any) did not sustain sanctuary
Guns, drugs, & 71 neglected animals FLEMINGTON, New Jersey––Among all the two-dozen odd busts of allegedly negligent animal rescues going down during the first six months of 2022, the May 26, 2022 impoundment of 71 animals from Rooster’s Rescue Foundation Inc. in Flemington, New Jersey, might have stood out even if the property owner had […]
U.S. Supreme Court to Kansas: Eat your ag-gag!
Kansas “ag-gag” was oldest in the United States WASHINGTON D.C.––The U.S. Supreme Court on April 25, 2022 rejected without comment an appeal by the State of Kansas against a January 2020 verdict by the U.S. District Court of Kansas, upheld by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which in effect erased the oldest […]
Farmed animal product certifications “lack integrity,” investigators find
Food In-Depth & Farm Forward find antibiotics in “antibiotics-free” meat. Farm Forward cites much else wrong with the American Humane Certified, One Health Certified, & Global Animal Partnership labels SAN MATEO, California; PORTLAND, Oregon––The food testing company Food In-Depth and Farm Forward, a self-described nonprofit “team of strategists, campaigners, […]
Rodeo “wild cow milking”: living legacy of rich alleged child molester
One-time rodeo promoter Dr. Dan C. Trigg was not a man anyone wanted for a neighbor CASTRO VALLEY, California; TUCUMCARI, New Mexico––The Rowell Ranch Rodeo in Castro Valley, California, scheduled for May 20-22 , 2022, is “likely planning again to feature the brutal, sometimes fatal, and blatantly sexist ‘wild cow milking contest,’” Action for […]
(How) does salmonella grow on trees? Answer: it doesn’t, by Karen Davis, Ph.D.
But new findings confirm that COVID-19 and salmonella outbreaks––and most other zoonotic diseases––share a common source Editors’ note: On January 31, 2020, two years plus a month ago, United Poultry Concerns founder Karen Davis contributed the first ANIMALS 24-7 coverage of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Wet markets or Walmart? Animal consumption & the coronavirus. […]
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