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What Defines A Free-Range Egg?

May 17, 2012

(FARM NEWS) AUSTRALIA — Recent legislation, such as the egg bill, concerning the welfare of farm animals has been contentious. Yet, due to the complex farm specifications and number of interest groups with similar names but different motives, consumers may have difficulty discerning as to whether their eggs are truly free-range. Recently, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruel Treatment to Animals (RSPCA) has accused the Australian Egg Corporation of purposely misleading consumers about the specifications of free-range eggs. Read on to learn more about the conflict between the RSPCA and the Australian Egg Corporation. — Global Animal

Horrific Animal Abuse At Wyoming Premium Farms

May 10, 2012

(FACTORY FARMING) The Humane Society Of The United States (HSUS) has uncovered yet another pig farm where horrendous abuses are taking place. Last February the HSUS exposed animal abuse at the Seaboard Foods and Prestage Farms. Now it’s Wyoming Premium Farms, a supplier to Tyson Foods, that’s under fire for their stomach-churning treatment of pigs. The undercover investigators had to watch the farm workers kick and punch mother pigs, kick and throw baby piglets, feed piglet testicles to their mothers for “fun,” deprive pigs of water and medical treatment among other horrifying actions. Read on to watch the graphic video and sign the petition to end this cruelty. — Global Animal

Farm Sanctuary Opens Animal Hospital

May 9, 2012

(ANIMAL WELFARE) NEW YORK — A hospital for unfortunate farm animals has been completed at Farm Sanctuary’s New York location. The first of it’s kind, its emergency room will help save the lives of many animals including baby cows, pigs, chickens and goats. Melrose Small Animal Hospital will hopefully be the catalyst for change within the factory farming industry, and help the animal victims. Read on to learn more about Farm Sanctuary and their new project. — Global Animal

Senior Chickens Find Retirement Home

April 28, 2012

(ANIMAL WELFARE) The fate of most chickens after their egg laying days are over is pretty grim. But more and more chicken-loving caretakers are thinking ahead for their bird’s future. Pete Porath is the owner of Lighthouse Animal Sanctuary, which is home to around 100 chickens and roosters. Mr. Porath specializes in finding homes for older birds, where they can live out their years in serenity. Read on to find out more about this great new approach to senior chickens. — Global Animal

Infected Dairy Cow “No Big Deal,” Says USDA

April 24, 2012

(ANIMAL NEWS) CALIFORNIA — The USDA has confirmed that they have discovered a dairy cow infected with mad cow disease at a rendering plant for sick and diseased animals in California. They assert that there is “no cause for alarm” because no part of the animal entered the food supply, and that the plant processes these animals into only non-edible products. This cow was destroyed rather than being processed, but this report brings up more questions than it answers. How was this cow infected? What kind of products come out of these rendering plants and are they properly labeled? Read more about this dairy cow and what this case of mad cow disease means for the beef industry and our nation. — Global Animal

No Such Thing As Better Beef

April 17, 2012

(FACTORY FARMING) Eating completely sustainable meat doesn’t seem possible. Factory farming is undoubtedly destroying the environment, slaughtering unprecedented amounts of animals, and putting humans at risk of deadly diseases like E. coli and salmonella. However, sustainable farms have their own set of problems. Is this alternative better for the animals? Or is sustainable meat just easier to swallow? — Global Animal

Which Came First? The Chicken Or The… Duck?

April 12, 2012

(FARM ANIMALS) UNITED KINGDOM — Sometimes our children don’t look exactly like us, but it’s not often they are a completely different species. Farm owners, as well as Hilda the hen, were shocked when Hilda’s eggs hatched not into chicks, but into five sweet little ducklings. Hilda took it in stride, though, and so far they are one big happy family. Read more about Hilda the adoptive hen. — Global Animal

Chicken With Side Of Arsenic

April 10, 2012

(FACTORY FARMS) Arsenic in chickens? Really? Johns Hopkins University and Arizona State University tested chicken feathers to reveal levels of arsenic, Benadryl and illegal antibiotics. Chickens are fed arsenic to make their flesh a more appetizing shade of pink and to fight infection. The illegal antibiotics found create antibiotic-resistant viruses that kill more Americans per year than AIDS, according to the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Read on about the poisons purposely given to animals raised for food. — Global Animal

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