[ad_1] Colombo June 23 (Daily Mirror) – Animals or animal products will not be allowed to be imported into Sri Lanka from any country where bird flu has been reported, the Animal Production and Health Department today announced. The Department’s Director General Dr. Hemali Kothalawala said that these measures have been taken to prevent the […]
Breaking: We’re asking the SEC to investigate world’s largest meat company’s animal welfare promises
[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Today, we filed a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against the largest meat and poultry company in the world, JBS and its subsidiary, Pilgrim’s Pride. Together with the Center for Biological Diversity, and in partnership with the Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic at Vermont Law and […]
Breaking investigation by Animal Equality uncovers horses beaten, slaughtered for meat in Spain
[ad_1] More than ten years after exposing the horse meat industry in Spain, Animal Equality and award-winning photojournalist Aitor Garmendia returned for another investigation. Between November 2023 and May 2024, investigators captured the following at a slaughterhouse in Asturias: A worker beating a horse with a stick, forcing them to walk. Horses lined up behind […]
Breaking: Inotiv to pay historic $35 million in case involving thousands of beagles
[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The U.S. Department of Justice just announced that Inotiv will pay more than $35 million, including an $11 million fine for violating the Animal Welfare Act, the largest in the Act’s history, because of violations that occurred at a facility that bred dogs for use in animal testing […]
Breaking: Proposed Farm Bill would create a nightmare for animals
[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block The Farm Bill, a legislative package the U.S. Congress approves every five years or so to govern agricultural and food programs, has the potential to instill animal welfare and sustainability into food practices for years to come. Instead, the 2024 Farm Bill just approved in the House Agriculture […]
Breaking: ‘Horrible Hundred’ report exposes American Kennel Club as complicit in puppy mills
[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Some of the findings of our latest Horrible Hundred report sound like scenes from horror films. A puppy mill operator in Iowa performed do-it-yourself surgeries on puppies. A breeder in Ohio is suspected of using rusty scissors to cut the tails off puppies. A breeding facility in Oklahoma […]
Breaking: In a huge win for horses, USDA announces final rule seeking to end horse soring
[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block From the perspective of public policy, there are certain cruelties that seem to hang around forever, even when their depravity is abundantly evident, defying―in a way―the political equivalent of gravity. Horse soring, which involves the very intentional infliction of pain and suffering on Tennessee walking horses and related […]
Breaking: We’re going to court to fight for wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains
[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Today, with our allies, we sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision to not reinstate federal protections for wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains. In 2022, most wolves in the U.S. regained their federal protections under the Endangered Species Act when a federal judge ruled […]
Breaking: US Fish and Wildlife Service issues stronger protections for African elephants
[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized critical trade protections for African elephants. Serious threats such as poaching, habitat encroachment and climate change continue to imperil this endangered species; African elephants have suffered a severe population decline over the last 100 years. The new rule under the […]
Breaking: Threat to nation’s strongest farm animal law deepens in U.S. Congress
[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Whatever doubt there may have been before, the situation is now crystal clear. The battle over California’s Proposition 12 and the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act (or some other approach to blocking Proposition 12 through the Farm Bill) has been joined, and we’re in the thick of […]