Meat companies’ evasive language about what is happening to animals during the COVID-19 crisis is part of a larger pattern that suppresses open debate about the ethical costs of food production in the U.S. Big ...
Bustling civet cat attractions are breeding grounds for disaster. This may seem hard to swallow, but the world’s most expensive coffee is made out of poop. Kopi luwak comes from coffee beans digested and excreted ...
Farm animals have less legal protection than other confined animals, such as those living in laboratories or zoos. In January 2020, an estimated 10,000 chickens perished in a fire just west of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ...
Raising awareness about the risks of continuing “agribusiness as usual” has become more important than ever. A typical weekend for 26-year-old Juvel Ingal is perhaps atypical for most. On Saturdays, she spends her time at ...
There is a way out of our cruel, unjust food system. Mike Weaver is a trailblazer, boldly speaking out against the very industry that provided his livelihood. In 2016, he exposed the inhumane conditions and ...
Reducing the suffering of chickens can only happen if companies follow through on their promises. Consumers and scientists agree: Eggs from hens raised in cages are bad business. “Cage-free” is much more than a trend—soon, ...
Food manufacturers may be causing the destruction of a nationally protected wildlife reserve in Indonesia. Picture a rhinoceros in the rainforest, add a herd of elephants, families of orangutans swinging through the treetops and tigers ...
Lack of governmental oversight of factory farms has created a public health crisis of antibiotic-resistance diseases in people. In 2014, the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance, commissioned by the UK government and Wellcome Trust, estimated that ...
People are growing less tolerant to violence against animals, and lawmakers are responding. But more needs to be done. The scene was heart-crushing: 21 dogs, many sick, wounded and infected, on heavy chains or trapped ...
A Wednesday morning drive for one trucker turned into a chance to be a hero to two dogs in New York. A trucker Wednesday morning came to the rescue of two dogs thrown out of ...
An investigation has revealed illegal confinement, a mass graveyard full of maggot-infested corpses, and filthy living conditions for thousands of calves and cows at Costco beef suppliers Ray-Mar Farms and Harris Ranch in Northern California. ...
Animal rights activists in Greece have achieved an important milestone in protecting donkeys on the tourist island of Santorini. Greek lawmakers have banned overweight and obese tourists from riding on donkeys. The move came after ...
An undercover investigator for Mercy for Animals (MFA) has captured the systemic abuse and torture of pigs on video at the world’s largest meat producer. The MFA investigator secretly filmed the farm animals being cruelly ...
An animal cruelty report from Direct Action Everywhere exposed systemic dog abuse at a breeding facility that supplies dogs for animal testing. An investigation by animal rights activists exposed severe instances of animal cruelty at ...
(Beyond Pesticides) A report released this summer by the nonprofit group The Cornucopia Institute helps consumers avoid ‘factory farmed’ dairy products in light of disturbing revelations uncovered in a 2017 Washington Post investigation of major organic brands. ...
The European Citizens’ Initiative is planning to ban the use of cages for farm birds and crates for farm animals in the EU. The legislation for the ban is to be introduced when one million ...
Activists from the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) marched and protested at Petaluma Farms in Sonoma County, California for the second time in recent months after receiving “horrifying footage of birds rotting to ...
Jane Goodall joined local and international conservationists this week to intervene with the first grizzly hunting season in Wyoming in more than 40 years. Amidst heated debate this spring, the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission ...
The United States Wildlife Services reported killing 1,320,075 non-invasive animals and freeing/dispersing 11,673,485 non-invasive animals in 2017 according to its Program Data Report G-2017 and as reported on TreeHugger. The agency also reported killing 987,047 invasive ...
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