By Karen Davis, PhD, President of United Poultry Concerns Chicken “Welfare” vs. Environmental Welfare Would raising chickens more slowly – keeping them alive for seven or eight weeks, say, instead of five or six weeks – be a welfare improvement that would inflict more harm on the environment than the industry already causes? The industry […]
First conviction of animal sacrifice practitioner in 11 years
But light sentence for perp LEESBURG, Virginia––Loudoun County, Virginia general district Judge Deborah C. Welsh on August 3, 2016 convicted Santeria priestess Mercy Carrion, 43, on three counts of cruelty to animals, but suspended her sentence on condition that she take a course in how to properly sacrifice animals from Gro Mambo Danthoula Novanyon […]
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, […]
Farmed animals & money talks
U.K. farmed animal welfare laws older & weaker than many voters believe Part III of a five-part series. See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?, Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan.”, What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals and Back to the Jungle Book: U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.) While residents of the […]
Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan”
Part II of a 5-part series (See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?, Farmed animals & money talks, What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals and Back to the Jungle Book: U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.) LONDON, U.K.––Quipsters have it that Brexit, as the June 23, 2016 choice of United Kingdom […]
Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?
Part I of a five-part series. See also Part II: Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan” and Part III: Farmed animals & money talks. Part IV: What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals. Part V: Back to the Jungle Book: U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit. LONDON, U.K.––Will the June 23, […]
Perdue Farms agrees to animal welfare concessions after 30-year battle
Henry Spira posthumously wins long fight with the late Frank Perdue after Perdue son throws in the towel SALISBURY, Maryland––Perdue Farms, a $6 billion-a-year pioneer of factory-style chicken farming and now the fourth largest chicken producer in the U.S., on June 27, 2016 announced a four-point program to improve chicken welfare. The Perdue announcement, […]
What Do Backyard Chickens and Factory Farm Chickens Have in Common?
by Karen Davis, PhD, President of United Poultry Concerns “Dear Animal Shelter, I see you have a rooster right now. I have a placement lined up for him and would like to pick him up Saturday.” Animal Shelter: “Thanks for inquiring about the rooster. It’s great to know there is a potential placement for him. […]
Brome Lake Ducks & Ontario blazes ignite notice of barnfires
Brand name brings attention to longtime problem KNOWLTON, Quebec; WATERLOO, Ontario––Are an abnormal number of barn fires killing animals in eastern Canada in early 2016, or are confluences of time and place just drawing more attention to barn fire frequency? 54,000 ducks Barnfires became a headline item on New Year’s Day 2016, when a suspected […]
Deadline looms for claiming refunds from Blue Buffalo
Settlement in alleged consumer fraud case ST. LOUIS, Missouri––Applications to the IRS for income tax return are due on Monday, April 18, 2016, but another deadline, four days earlier, may mean more money––up to $200––for people who bought Blue Buffalo pet food products between May 7, 2008 and December 18, 2015. Reimbursements of up to […]
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