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 […]
Hearts out of place: transplants, pigs, chickens, “victories” & McDonald’s
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 […]
Why California proposition 2, now in effect, is not protecting farmed animals
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. […]