Jurisdictional issues guided four of the five decisions WASHINGTON D.C., DES MOINES, Iowa, TORONTO, Ontario––A January 2019 blizzard of court decisions, rendered in both the U.S. and Canada, appear to have come down heavily in favor of improved animal welfare law enforcement on behalf of farmed animals. The effect of the U.S. decisions will […]
Ban “nut meat”! cries animal agribusiness
Animal ag biz strategists fear they can’t beat “clean meat” WASHINGTON D.C.––Killing the first edition of the 2018 Farm Bill on May 18, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives kicked many a highly politicized can down the street for later consideration, including the first legislative attempt to determine what sort of can and labeling will […]
Animal advocacy cases in the forefront of defense of civil liberties
Buffalo Field Campaign won relevant precedent just one day before U.S. Senate fracas WASHINGTON D.C.––Legal precedents won by animal advocates are among the most recent of many behind the July 25, 2017 advice of the American Civil Liberties Union to protesters and news media that “Police may not delete photographs without a warrant, period.” […]
Lawyers line up to sue USDA-APHIS over law enforcement info deletions
HSUS is first to file notice WASHINGTON D.C.––The Humane Society of the U.S. appears to have been the first organization to file notice of a legal challenge to the February 3, 2017 purge of USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service law enforcement data from the USDA-APHIS web site. USDA-APHIS deleted without prior warning […]
Why people who care about animals won’t vote for Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton had 91% positive record on animal issues as U.S. Senator, according to Humane Scorecard WASHINGTON D.C.––If personal history, campaign promises, and political affiliations pertaining to animal issues decided who would be elected U.S. President on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, Republican candidate Donald Trump would be at risk of suffering a shutout loss. […]
Do farmed animal standards mix with gin?
Agribiz group VP becomes VP for American Humane Association WASHINGTON D.C.––What does it signify that American Humane Association chief marketing officer and vice president of communications Jack Hubbard came to that position in May 2016 after nine years as vice president of the aggressively anti-animal and habitat advocacy public relations firm Richard Berman & Company, […]
Raw milk, pit bulls, exotics & chicken poop
Should the public be protected from lethal consequences of others’ lifestyle choices? CHARLESTON, West Virginia––Raw milk enthusiasts in the West Virginia legislature first cheered after opening a legal loophole through which unpasteurized milk may be sold, then puked after sampling raw milk shared around by House of Delegates member Scott Cadle. Raw milk enthusiasts, […]
Horsewoman & horseman of the food Apocalypse
Project Animal Farm: An Accidental Journey into the Secret World of Farming & the Truth About Our Food by Sonia Faruqi Pegasus Books (80 Broad Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10004; www.pegasusbooks.com); 390 pages, hardcover. $27.95. Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat by Philip Lymbery, CEO, Compassion In World Farming, with Isabel Oakeshott, political editor, […]
Why did the Animal Legal Defense Fund go undercover?
Were Tyson poultry-slaughtering line speeds really the focal issue? COTATI, California––The “who, what, where, when” and “how” of an Animal Legal Defense Fund undercover video exposé of alleged animal and employee abuse at a Tyson Foods chicken slaughterhouse in Carthage, Texas were all identified in the September 14, 2015 ALDF media release announcing it. “Why,” […]
Idaho ag-gag falls, AETA does nothing, & Will Potter’s drone allegedly flew away
Drone expert Steve Hindi asks Potter to account for $90,000 BOISE, CHICAGO, WASHINGTON D.C.––Which is the greater threat to animal advocacy: so-called ag-gag laws that seek to prevent animal advocates from videotaping routine cruelty in agribusiness, the much decried federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act of 2006 (AETA), or lack of transparency and accountability on […]