First condemned, then pardoned, without a statement of rights (See also Karen Davis, Ph.D., United Poultry Concerns founder, dead at 79.) WASHINGTON D.C.––Perhaps nothing could underscore the role of turkeys as Thanksgiving sacrificial victims than the annual ritual at which U.S. President Joe Biden on November 20, 2023 “pardoned” the 46-pound and 47-pound turkeys Chocolate and […]
Why agribusiness owns humane law enforcement, both here & abroad
Agriculture departments do not do their job of protecting animals because this is not the job they exist to do ALBERTON, South Africa; GENEVA, Illinois––Can an arm of government established to promote animal agribusiness ever be trusted to enforce humane laws? For example, will agriculture departments ever adequately enforce laws governing the shipment of […]
How SHARK stole Christmas from a bar full of alleged cockfighters
Who in Whoville called SHARK? Who called the cops? Who tipped off the cockfighters? Who wants to know? PINE KNOT, Kentucky––Whoville, the primary setting of the 1957 Dr. Suess fable How The Grinch Stole Christmas, huddled beneath the abandoned Star Studying Tower on Mount Crumpit, might almost have been modeled on the poverty-stricken former coal […]