Written by Farm Sanctuary’s California Country Hoe Down Celebrates Farm Animals, Progress Festive Annual Event Represents the “Ideal Relationship Between People and Farm Animals” ORLAND, Calif. – June 2, 2011 – If hayrides, barn dances, and spending time with rescued farm animals doesn’t signal the official start of summer to you, then you’ve never been to Farm [...]
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WSPA INVESTIGATION EXPOSES THE HARSH REALITY OF REINDEER SLAUGHTER
As cheerful images of reindeer make their annual appearance on TV and in shopping mall displays, an investigation by WSPA exposes a grim counterpoint in Sweden and Finland: the suffering inflicted on reindeer as they are rounded up in large numbers, transported and slaughtered. Footage from the investigation shows the extreme distress experienced by reindeer [...]
READ MORE »Send Pardoned Turkeys to Farm Sanctuary
Every year at Thanksgiving, the president of the United States pardons two turkeys, sparing them from a grisly slaughterhouse death. Unfortunately, these turkeys have, since 2005, been sent to live as attractions at Disney theme parks, where many of them have died within one year. Because commercially-raised turkeys have been selectively bred for decades to [...]
READ MORE »Take Action: Speak up for bears
For the very first time, the South Korean government is considering phasing out bear farming. As a WSPA supporter, you have the unique opportunity to help end this cruel practice. With our member society, Green Korea United (GKU), WSPA is participating in discussions with the South Korean government about permanently ending this cruelty. Please help [...]
READ MORE »CA: Egg Bill Passes Legislature, Needs Governor’s Signature!
CA AB 1437—Humanely Produced Eggs/Food Safety Assemblymember Jared Huffman Sponsor: ASPCA Position: Support Action Needed: Email and call Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to request that he sign this important humane legislation into law. In 2008, California citizens overwhelmingly voted in favor of Proposition 2, the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, which outlawed “battery cages” and [...]
READ MORE »Farm Sanctuary Working to Offer Refuge for Animals Victimized in Conklin Dairy Cruelty Case
Call for Better Laws to Protect Farm Animals in Ohio WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — May 28, 2010 — As the nation struggles to comprehend what some animal experts are calling the most egregious case of animal cruelty ever documented, local authorities in Union County, Ohio are working to track down the animals shown in the [...]
READ MORE »They defend animal cruelty – don't let them win!
I’ve written before about the phony Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF). In its early years, CCF made money as a front group for Big Tobacco, the alcohol industry, and other corporations working against public health. In recent years, CCF has expanded its business model to represent factory farmers, seal clubbers, cockfighters, and puppy millers. The [...]
READ MORE »Tell IHOP to move away from cruel battery cages!
Tell IHOP to move away from cruel battery cages! Major restaurant chains are already beginning to switch their eggs to cage-free. But IHOP is refusing to take this modest step, instead exclusively using eggs from hens cruelly confined in barren battery cages so small they can barely move their entire lives. We [...]
READ MORE »Tell USDA to Protect Veal Calves from Abuse
Dear Friend, An HSUS investigation at a slaughter facility in Vermont shows stomach-turning cruelty to veal calves. As you can see in this video, the plant’s co-owner and other workers abused animals too weak to stand in order to get them to their feet — including in front of a USDA inspector who watched but [...]
READ MORE »Big Bird’s Betrayal
By Casey No sunny days to sweep the clouds away for these hens Times are tough for the egg industry. The Food and Drug Administration is implementing costly regulations in an effort to keep consumers from getting sick. U.S. per capita consumption has been declining since 2005. More and more states are considering legislation to [...]
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