Accused cockfighters could take lessons from cowpokes & Mickey Mouse in how to cut & spin losses BURBANK, California; CHEYENNE, Wyoming; IRONTON, Ohio––Suspected cockfighting promoters James and Beckie Newcomb are unlikely to ever be accused of possessing the business smarts behind either the 125-year-old Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo and concert series, or Walt Disney […]
Chick sexing, cockfighting, drug abuse & dog attacks: the hidden link
Help coming from France & Germany NEWPORT, Tennessee; IRONTON, Ohio; PARIS, France––What do recent French and German edicts against crushing or gassing unwanted male chicks born at hen hatcheries have to do with cockfighting, corruption, drug addiction, fatal dog attacks, and the price of eggs in Appalachia? Not much, you say? Take a closer […]
Credibility, GAP? Global Animal Partnership 10 years later
Farm Forward, a former booster, finds GAP approach bassackward––& is scarcely alone AUSTIN, Texas––What a difference ten years of Global Animal Partnership have not made for factory-farmed animals! Indeed, the biggest visible change associated with Global Animal Partnership [GAP] may be that Farm Forward has split with it. A faith-linked farmed animal advocacy organization, Farm […]
Rare busts hit cockfighting, dog torture, & other Appalachian pastimes
Convictions remain scarce as hen’s teeth LONDON, Kentucky––Ten people including a Laurel County bailiff were reportedly cited by Kentucky State Police for various alleged offenses on July 10, 2021 while attending a cockfight at Bald Rock, Kentucky, according to the Chicago-based animal advocacy organization Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK]. SHARK drones and hidden cameras […]
Cockfighting in Kentucky: SHARK promises Fourth of July fireworks
Projected busiest traffic weekend ever gives Kentucky State Police an excuse––but what explains 16 years since last state cockfighting prosecution? LEXINGTON, Kentucky––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] and the Kentucky State Police appear to be rocketing toward a head-on collision over the 2021 Fourth of July weekend, with the Fourth itself predicted to be […]
Barn fires begin to be noticed by animal advocates but not yet agribiz
Animal Welfare Institute & Humane Society International make recommendations WASEKA, Minnesota––Twelve thousand pigs, including 9,000 piglets and 3,000 sows, died in a May 16, 2021 fire that razed two barns at the Woodville Pork Farm in Waseca, Minnesota. Nine different rural fire departments sent water tankers, but as the first barn was already fully […]
U.K. “animal sentience” law: “victory” claimed before the fight begins
Recognizing animal sentience is part of an “Action Plan for Animal Welfare” yet to be written into draft bills, let alone passed by Parliament LONDON, U.K.––A week-plus after the Conservative government of the United Kingdom introduced an “Action Plan for Animal Welfare,” much of the animal welfare sector worldwide has already declared “victory,” with the […]
Do chickens mind seeing other chickens traumatized in their presence?
A perspective on chickens in honor of International Respect for Chickens Day, May 4/month of May by Karen Davis, Ph.D., president, United Poultry Concerns A fellow activist once asked me if I believed chickens don’t mind watching and hearing other chickens being killed in their presence. He asked because a farmer had told him they […]
New Zealand ends live sheep & cattle exports by sea––two years from now
Export directly to slaughter banned since 2008 WELLINGTON, NZ––New Zealand agriculture minister Damien O’Connor on April 14, 2021 announced a permanent halt to live animal exports by sea, effective in 2023. O’Connor, though his announcement was not a complete surprise, left New Zealand agribusiness, the international animal welfare community, and rival nations in the […]
New study hits red meat, processed meat, & poultry for higher death risk
UK Biobank data reinforces warnings about red meat & processed meats, & shows that white meat is NOT the “right meat,” either OXFORD, U.K.––Even excluding cancer risk, eating red meat increases the meat eater’s risk of becoming dead meat, and white meat is not the “right meat” either, concludes a major new University of […]
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