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Fourth attempted Iowa “ag gag” law fails on first glance by a judge

September 29, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Ag gag” falls on summary judgement             DES MOINES, Iowa––U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose on September 26,  2022 struck down the latest of four attempts by the Iowa legislature to pass an “ag gag” law prohibiting activists and journalists from producing undercover video of activities inside factory farms,  feedlots,  and slaughterhouses. Three of the four […]

Filed Under: Activism, Ag-gag laws, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Welfare Tagged With: Gary Smith, Judge Stephanie Rose, Kim Reynolds, Mercy for Animals, Merritt Clifton, Rox Laird, Temple Grandin, Terry Brandstad, Tom Miller, William Morris

Will a Washington court make Costco treat chickens better in Nebraska & Iowa?

June 19, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Two Costco shareholders sue the board of directors for allegedly violating humane laws              SEATTLE, Washington––Costco Wholesale Corporation,  better known as just Costco,  in 2016 introduced a novel strategy to wring profits out of the necks of chickens. Now Legal Impact for Chickens,  a recently formed San Francisco-based nonprofit,  is pursuing a novel legal strategy to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Poultry, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Adam Karp, Krystil Smith, Leah Garcés, Leo E. Strine, Mercy for Animals, Merritt Clifton, National Chicken Council, Tyler Lobdell

Why did the Animal Legal Defense Fund go undercover?

September 30, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Were Tyson poultry-slaughtering line speeds really the focal issue? COTATI,  California––The “who,  what,  where,  when” and “how” of an Animal Legal Defense Fund undercover video exposé of alleged animal and employee abuse at a Tyson Foods chicken slaughterhouse in Carthage,  Texas were all identified in the September 14,  2015 ALDF media release announcing it. “Why,”  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Feature Home Middle Left, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Turkeys, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: ALDF, Carter Dillard, Lawrence Weiss, Mercy for Animals, Merritt Clifton, Patricia Jones, Southern Poverty Law Center, Tyson Foods

McDonald’s to phase out using eggs from caged hens

September 12, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Phase-out to be completed 30 years after McDonald’s accepted statement of humane principles          OAK BROOK,  Illinois––The McDonald’s restaurant chain,  buyer of more than two billion eggs per year,  4% of total U.S. egg production,  on September 9,  2015 announced that it will phase out use of eggs from caged hens over the next 10 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Uncategorized, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Bruce Friedrich, Henry Spira, McDonald's, Mercy for Animals, Merritt Clifton, Simon Billenness, Wayne Pacelle

North Carolina “ag-gag” to take effect; legislature overturns veto

June 3, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Sixth state to pass an “ag-gag” law after undercover videos of abuses RALEIGH, N.C.––The North Carolina legislature on June 3,  2015 overturned governor Pat McCrory’s May 29, 2015 veto of an “ag-gag” bill, HB 405, passed by the state legislature 10 days earlier. Overturned by votes of 79-36 in the state house of representatives and 33-15 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Poultry, Turkeys, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Ag-gag, Bettencourt Dairies, Butterball, Doug Ducey, Mercy for Animals, Pat McCrory, Wayne Pacelle

Whistleblower exposé of livestock research fuels ag-gag debate

January 21, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“Ag gag” laws are now on the books in seven states, but cases have been prosecuted only in Utah OMAHA, SALT LAKE CITY, KANSAS CITY, OLYMPIA––Publishing a landmark exposé of the little-known U.S. Meat Animal Research Center on January 20, 2015, Michael Moss of The New York Times indirectly racheted up political pressure both for […]

Filed Under: Ag-gag laws, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Middle Right, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Sheep & goats, Welfare Tagged With: Chuck Jolley, James Keen, Mercy for Animals, Michael Moss

Dairymen prefer to work in the dark

May 2, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

            BOISE, Idaho––Idaho Dairymen’s Association lawyer Daniel Steenson was blunt in an April 2014 petition filed to seek court permission to help defend the newly passed state “ag-gag” statute. Wrote Steenson, “Without the protection the statute provides, Idaho Dairymen’s Association members will again be targeted for clandestine infiltration by individuals masquerading as employees to gather […]

Filed Under: Ag-gag laws, Cattle & dairy, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards Tagged With: Compassion Over Killing, Mercy for Animals

Undercover videos push Tyson into requiring farm animal welfare audits

November 19, 2013 By Merritt Clifton

Warns Iowa Cattlemen Association convention ALTOONA––Goaded by repeated undercover video exposés of rough handling and alleged neglect of livestock,  Tyson Foods beef supply chain manager Lora Wright on December 9,  2013 warned the Iowa Cattlemen Association’s annual convention in Altoona that Tyson will soon require beef and chicken suppliers to pass animal welfare audits. “A […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals Tagged With: Mercy for Animals, Tyson

Mercy for Animals exposes cruelty at a Texas factory catfish farm

March 3, 2011 By Merritt Clifton

First undercover video from inside the catfishing industry DALLAS––Probably more fish consumers were puzzled––at first––than shocked on January 19,  2011 when Mercy for Animals released undercover video of alleged criminal animal abuse at Catfish Corner,  in eastern Dallas County.   “I don’t get too many calls about inhumaneness to fish,”  Dallas fish market owner Rex […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Marine life, Meat issues, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Catfish Corner, Mercy for Animals, Merritt Clifton

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