[ad_1] Undercover investigations play a vital role in exposing the cruelty that takes place in hatcheries. Hatcheries are facilities where millions of chickens are hatched every year, often in cramped and unsanitary conditions. These facilities are notorious for their cruel practices, such as the mass culling of male chicks, which are deemed useless by the […]
Breaking: Supreme Court upholds strongest farm animal protection law in U.S.
[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block We are thrilled that after months of tireless efforts and unwavering dedication, we have emerged victorious in our landmark Supreme Court defense of California’s Proposition 12. The decision, announced earlier today, upholds the nation’s strongest farm animal protection law and unanimously rejects the pork industry’s primary constitutional claim. […]
South Fork Dairy Farm Fire Kills 18,000 Cows
[ad_1] On Monday, April 10th, 2023, an explosion occurred at the South Fork Dairy Farm in Dimmit, Texas, and a fire that killed 18,000 cows. Authorities believe that the fire was caused by a potential equipment malfunction in the facility’s manure management system. The animals were trapped inside the burning factory and only a few survived. […]
Hamilton Community Players present ‘Animal Farm’
[ad_1] HAMILTON — The Hamilton Community Players present a staged reading of George Orwell’s 1945 allegorical masterpiece “Animal Farm” at 7:30 pm. Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29, at Arts at the Palace Theater Underground, 19 Utica St. Set against the backdrop of a revolt by barnyard animals opposing Farmer Jones, the story, as […]
Looking back at George Orwell’s Animal Farm A stunning indictment of corrupt power and manipulation of truth
[ad_1] In recent elections, Finland pulled to the right, joining a host of nations which have taken a conservative turn. Elsewhere, chaos reigns for various reasons: war, a breakdown in relations between powerful nations, climate change, widening divide between rich and poor, a virus which refuses to go away. Increasingly, reality is beginning to resemble […]
Show of support for farm animal sanctuary owner | Local News
[ad_1] An animal rights rally took place on Thursday morning in front of the Niagara County Courthouse on Hawley Street in Lockport. Twenty activists gathered to protest the ongoing legal proceedings against Tracy Murphy, the owner of a farm animal sanctuary in Newfane called Asha’s Sanctuary. Ironically, the same ground was the site of a […]
Food security drives China to cut soymeal use in animal feed
[ad_1] BEIJING, April 14 (Reuters) – China’s agriculture ministry issued a three-year action plan on Friday to reduce soymeal use in animal feed as it continues to try to reduce its heavy reliance on soybean imports. The new plan proposes that soymeal ratios in animal feed should be reduced to under 13% by 2025, down […]
Animal rights activists protest at ‘brutal’ pig farm
[ad_1] Around 60 animal rights activists today (April 1) gathered outside a controversial Warwickshire business at the centre of a bitter row over the state of the UK’s pig farming industry. Campaigners from the Animal Justice Project descended on Bickmarsh Hall farm, south of Bidford-on-Avon, around midday. Members of the pressure group infiltrated the farm […]
Tatton Park Farm Animal Adoption Weekend proves a big hit
[ad_1] Tatton Park Farm’s Animal Adoption Day saw staff and volunteers out in force, giving visitors a rare opportunity to get up close to some of their stunning specimens. This time round, the animals available for adoption were Sensation, an 18.3 hand Shire horse; Emily, a rare golden Guernsey goat; and Martha, a spectacular middle white pig. Farm volunteer, […]
Shocking animal farm conditions revealed thanks to photojournalism grant
[ad_1] WARNING: This article contains shocking images of animal farms and slaughterhouses that some readers may find upsetting. Growing up, animal rights activist, photographer and lecturer Seb Alex identified as an animal lover. He would never knowingly do anything to harm an animal, and yet he consumed them as part of his diet. It wasn’t […]