Every year in China, more than 10 million dogs are slaughtered for their meat and skin. The Dog and Cat Meat Trade, China, 2012 – 2015 Every year in China, more than 10 million dogs are slaughtered for their meat and skin. Though numerous, there is still no official estimate for the number of cats […]
Mammoth meatball? Cultured meat made with extinct animal DNA
CIA-funded In-Q-Tel backs biotech to resurrect woolly mammoth In-Q-Tel, a CIA-funded venture capital firm, listed Colossal Biosciences in its portfolio. Colossal has sought to de-extinct the woolly mammoth. Scott L. Hall, USA TODAY A cell-based meat company resurrected the extinct woolly mammoth – in the form of a lab-grown meatball. The woolly mammoth was chosen […]
EU Commission Recognizes Plight of Fast-Growing Chickens for Meat
“Fast-growing” chickens, which are selectively bred for their ever-increasing volume of breasts and thighs, are profitable animals for the chicken meat industry. Their unnatural and accelerated growth often hampers their mobility, blood circulation, and ability to breathe, condemning them to severe suffering and a two-month lifespan on average. That is why Animal Equality stepped in […]
Animal Equality Joins Demand for Charges Against Meat Processor
On February 15th, Animal Equality and Animal Partisan asked the Walworth County, Wisconsin District Attorney to file animal cruelty charges against an Elkhorn meat processor and its General Manager. In a letter filed by the national animal advocacy groups, Animal Equality and Animal Partisan, the groups urge District Attorney Zeke Wiedenfeld to pursue criminal charges […]
‘Ditching meat, animal products this New Year could cause depression, broken bones’
A New Year’s resolution to go vegan comes with a higher risk of broken bones, mental illness and miscarriages within months, a top doctor has warned. Some 600,000 people in the UK already follow the diet, which excludes meat, dairy, eggs, and all other animal products. And figures suggest that one in eight Britons aged […]
Horse Meat Unfit for Human Consumption Sold, 35 Arrested
Thirty-five people were arrested and six companies investigated after a criminal gang was found falsifying documents and selling meat from horses that was unfit for human consumption. A criminal gang has been dismantled after authorities found horse meat unfit for human consumption being sold with forged documentation. The Civil Guard in Spain and Europol in […]
Senator Cory Booker Takes on Big Meat, Animal Equality Endorses
For far too long, the multibillion-dollar meat industry has been left unaccountable for the harm it causes animals and other stakeholders. US Senator Cory Booker is looking to change that with the Industrial Agriculture Accountability Act. In the United States, federal protections for farmed animals are extremely limited. US Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) hopes to […]
Perdue Farms releases animal care report at 2022 summit
SALISBURY, MD. — Perdue Farms shared its 2022 Commitments to Animal Care Report during its recent annual Animal Care Summit. Hosted by Perdue for the seventh year, the event was held near the company’s headquarters in Maryland, meeting in person for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic. Attendees toured Perdue’s research farm to get a look […]
Commentary: Plant-based meat may soon cost less in US than animal meat | Commentary
As of August in The Netherlands, plant-based meat now costs less than animal meat. This is massive news for those interested in more plant-based options in the United States. For years, the cost of plant-based proteins was a huge obstacle for people looking to go entirely plant-based or to adopt more of these foods into […]
Is lab-grown meat the future of animal agriculture?
Depending on who you ask, the act of eating meat may be a controversial one. Though humans have long derived food from domesticated animals, such as cows, pigs and chickens, the 21st century has seen a rise in vegetarianism and veganism. The diet’s popularity has led to trends such as Veganuary — a monthlong challenge […]