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98 alleged cockfighters busted; got only $50 fines & kept birds

February 3, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Weak Tennessee cockfighting penalties boost the price of eggs             MAYNARDVILLE, Tennessee––Ninety-eight alleged cockfighters were cited and approximately 250 gamecocks were seized by the Union County Sheriff’s Office near Maynardville,  Tennessee on January 28,  2023. Yet none of the ninety-eight suspects went to jail.  All were released after paying $50 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Humane Farming Association, Jim Keen, Maynardville, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi, Union County, Wayne Pacelle

How to hang cockfighting high––and finish the job!

July 11, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

by Steve Hindi,  founder,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) launched our “Crush Cockfighting” campaign in 2018. Cockfighting at that time had never been seriously impacted by animal advocacy,  contrary to myths spread by those raising money off the issue. Cockfighting has twice been made illegal nationwide.  The first time […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal fighting, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Poultry, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: Clint Eastwood, Crush Cockfighting, Humane Farming Association, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi, Wayne Pacelle

Hearts out of place: transplants, pigs, chickens, “victories” & McDonald’s

March 10, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

If “victories” for farmed animals meant beans,  that would be a substantial improvement BALTIMORE,  Maryland;  WASHINGTON D.C.––David Bennett,  57,  who on January 7,  2022 became the first human to receive a heart transplanted from a genetically-modified pig,  died on March 8,  2022 at the University of Maryland School of Medicine hospital. “The biggest barrier to […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Chimps & other primates, Cloning & xenografts, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: CIWF, David Bennett, Henry Spira, HSUS, Humane Farming Association, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Mickey Dee, Ronald McDonald, Wayne Pacelle

Why California proposition 2, now in effect, is not protecting farmed animals

January 2, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Brad Miller Founder, Humane Farming Association California Proposition 2, passed by voters who hoped to protect farmed animals in November 2008, officially goes into non-effect this week. The Humane Society of the U.S. promised donors and the public that Proposition 2 would outlaw cages for laying hens and would result in a “cage-free” California. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Feature Home Middle Right, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Poultry, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Brad Miller, HSUS, Humane Farming Association, Proposition 2, Wayne Pacelle

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