Impossible Burgers, cell-cultured ice cream, & goldfish crackers––& goldfish crackers may scare the animal-based food industry most of all EMERYVILLE, California––Now you can order vegan Impossible Burgers to be delivered for a midnight meal, as thousands of people have already done. As of July 11, 2019, you could have real vegan ice cream for […]
Tony, the truck stop tiger since 2001, dies at 17––will he be the last?
Had at least 13 predecessors in 30 years IBERVILLE PARISH, Louisiana––Tony, 17, the latest and perhaps the last of a succession of at least 13 tigers exhibited for 30 years at the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, was euthanized due to advanced kidney failure on the evening of October 16, […]
Thumbing nose at lawsuits, USDA-APHIS hides more info
Deletes documents posted in response to Freedom of Information Act requests WASHINGTON D.C.––Hit with a second lawsuit, draft legislation, and letters from 119 members of Congress demanding that the U.S. Department of Agriculture restore web sites including Animal Welfare Act enforcement information, the USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service has instead thumbed its collective […]
“No wire floors,” Pennsylvania appellate court tells dog breeders
Or, “Dogs are not chickens” HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — A three-judge Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court panel on September 9, 2016 ruled that the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture violated a 2008 state law by allowing commercial dog breeders to use wire kennel flooring and by relaxing a requirement that dogs have free access to an exercise area. Enforcement […]