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The dairy industry really, really doesn’t want you to say "bird flu in cows"
How industrial meat and dairy trap us in an infectious disease cycle.
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We need to stop torturing chickens
Built-in cruelty toward chickens exists because industrialized animal agriculture is about profitably producing masses of cheap meat.
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Danish lawmakers outlaw sex with animals, in a 91-75 vote
Denmark has outlawed bestiality, putting the small Scandinavian country in line with several European neighbours, including Germany, Sweden and Norway. In a 91-75 vote, Danish lawmakers approved Tuesday banning sex with animals. Five abstained. The law proposal had been introduced in February by Denmark's farming minister Dan Joergensen, who wanted to tighten the law on animal welfare and protection.
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Seriously, we need to stop torturing chickens
Imagine finding a bird with a broken wing on your front lawn. Most of us would be prompted to take some action to alleviate its suffering, at the very least calling the local wildlife rescue group. People care about injured wildlife. But what if the bird is not wild and what if it isn’t on your front lawn? What if it’s a chicken with a broken wing, shackled upside down on a conveyor belt in a slaughterhouse? Does anyone care?
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All the Reasons Why Zoos Should Be Banned
Last week, a flood in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi killed 19 people, with six still missing. Rain caused the Vere River to burst its banks, flooding the city and its zoo, killing animals and allowing others to escape. Initially, all of the zoo's seven tigers and eight lions were thought dead, but last Wednesday a man was killed by an escaped tiger, prompting Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili to criticize zoo officials for providing false information.
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Tyson Chicken Factory Farm Caught On Hidden Camera Torturing And Neglecting Animals
While there is certainly cash available to invest, the amount of margin debt in this market compared to previous years is high enough to give investors pause.
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When Is A Rescuer A Hoarder?
Kimi Peck was good at taking in stray and unwanted dogs that were at risk of being euthanized in public shelters. How she cared for the canines was another matter. After years of accusations, she’s on trial for animal cruelty. By Carol Mithers.
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What’s Up With Testing Cosmetics on Animals?
If you are looking for someone who supports testing cosmetics on animals, well good luck. By Lyz Lenz.
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This scientist might end animal cruelty—unless GMO hardliners stop him
Scott Fahrenkrug thinks he can tweak farm animals’ genes to make them happier and healthier. By Kat McGowan.
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Festival where 500,000 animals are decapitated 'to please goddess' is called off [Warning: Graphic Content]
A horrifying festival where 500,000 innocent animals were decapitated by Hindu worshippers has been cancelled – and will never take place again. Half a million animals were killed – many decapitated – at the Gadhimai festival in Nepal in 2009, and 250,000 in 2014. Buffalo, goats and chickens were killed by worshippers to appease a Hindu goddess, in the world’s largest display of animal sacrifice.
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Eating chicken is morally worse than killing Cecil the lion
If the outcry over the killing of Cecil the lion tells us anything, it's that people are capable of genuine moral outrage at the needless killing of animals. And good for them. Animals are conscious beings capable of feeling pleasure and pain, and we have an obligation to make their lives as good as possible.
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US judge overturns Idaho law banning secret filming of animal abuse at agricultural facilities
A US federal judge has ruled that Idaho’s law banning secret filming of animal abuse at agricultural facilities is unconstitutional, giving animal rights activists across the country hope that the decision will pave the way to overturn similar laws in other states.
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SeaWorld sees profits plunge 84% as customers desert controversial park
SeaWorld has suffered a 84% collapse in profits as customers have deserted the controversial aquatic theme park company following claims it mistreated orca whales. The company, which trains dolphins and killer whales to perform tricks in front of stadiums full of spectators, on Thursday reported declines in attendance, sales and profits because of “continued brand challenges”.
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Happiest Video EVER!
Filmed at a Edgar's Mission, a 60-acre Australian animal sanctuary that provides lifelong care to more than 150 animals that have been neglected or abused by the farming industry. These animals are now living the good life!
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$250K Cash Reward For World’s Top Animal Advocate
Do you know how many animals are unfortunate enough to have made the ‘rarest primates on the planet’ list? It's unthinkable that in the year 2015 the issue of endangered animal species should continue to be of global concern — that the possibility of their extinction is not more of a clarion call for action?
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McDonald's cuts ties with chicken supplier accused of cruelty
McDonald's has cut ties with one of its chicken suppliers after an animal rights group obtained gruesome video footage that appears to show operators of the Tennessee poultry farm clubbing small and sickly birds to death. The video taken at T&S Farm in Dukedom, Tenn., which the activist group Mercy for Animals says was secretly recorded by one of the group’s investigators, appears to show a man and woman at the farm pummeling the birds using a...
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The Business of Seal Clubbing
Every March, Richard Whelan boards the Shepherd II — one of hundreds of hunting vessels in Newfoundland, Canada — and drifts into the frigid eastern waters to hunt for seals. For two months, he lives aboard the battered ship, subsisting on minimal rations and braving blisteringly cold temperatures.
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Inside Europe's rabbit farms where animals live in cruel conditions
Harrowing details have emerged of the horrific conditions at European rabbit farms where animals destined for pet food in Britain are crammed into tiny battery-style cages. An investigation at farms in Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic, Poland and Cyprus found animals covered in sores and in such distress that they chewed off each other's ears.
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Australia’s war on feral cats: shaky science, missing ethics
In July 2015, the Australian government announced a “war on feral cats,“ with the intention of killing over two million felines by 2020. The threat abatement plan to enforce this policy includes a mix of shooting, trapping and a reputedly “humane” poison. Some conservationists in Australia are hailing this as an important step toward the rewilding of Australia’s outback, or the idea of restoring the continent’s biodiversity to its state prior to...
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How World's Largest Legal Ivory Market Fuels Demand for Illegal Ivory
A new report by WildAid, an international nongovernmental organization that aims to eliminate illegal wildlife trade, together with undercover video by independent investigators provided to WildAid and WWF-Hong Kong, exposes how Hong Kong’s legal ivory market fuels ivory smuggling and elephant poaching. Hong Kong is the world’s largest retail market for elephant ivory, with licensed businesses in high-rent tourist areas displaying more than...
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