The Tragedy of Happy Meat
Tweet by Kathleen Stachowski — Our thanks to Animal Blawg, where this post was originally published on May 19, 2013. If you’re familiar with the Onion, you know it’s the print and online precursor to...
View ArticleThe Modern Savage
James McWilliams’ new book, The Modern Savage: Our Unthinking Decision to Eat Animals, is an ethical consideration of the reality of animal agriculture. And the reality is cruelty to animals exists on...
View ArticleCoalition to USDA: Step Up Enforcement for Farm Animals
We did this because the HMSA is grossly neglected by the agency charged with enforcing it, so that animals are being tortured in U.S. slaughterhouses, even though there are USDA inspectors on site who...
View ArticleWhy Don’t We Feel More Guilty About Eating Animals?
Tweet by Caroline Spence, Queen Mary University of London “Ham is made from pig bum, isn’t it, Mummy?” This was the question I was confronted with during a recent trip to the local zoo with my young...
View ArticleThe Price of Pork
But the problems don’t stop with pork. North Carolina’s pig problem is compounded by poultry operations. Currently, poultry housed in CAFOs outnumbers state residents by 20 to one, and the state has...
View ArticleUSDA Broadens Ban on Downed Cattle Slaughter
In the 1990s, we broadened our effort to address the abuse of downed animals at slaughterhouses, in addition to stockyards and auctions. The primary federal law addressing farm animal welfare in the...
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