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March 6, 2014
Several States Undermining Animal Welfare, Wasting Taxpayer Dollars, and Opposing States’ Rights by Joining in on Laying Hen Case
The decision by five states to join a lawsuit attacking a California animal welfare and food safety law may have far-reaching implications for a raft of state laws that protect agriculture and consumers.
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March 5, 2014
Arizona Voters Oppose Bill to Weaken Animal Cruelty Code
Polls show that Arizonans overwhelmingly oppose the proposal being considered by the Arizona legislature to reduce the state’s anti-cruelty protections for farm animals.
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February 20, 2014
Undercover Exposé: Animals Locked in Cramped Cages, Piglets Fed to their Mothers at Kentucky Pig Factory
Sows confined in cramped cages known as gestation crates were fed ground up intestines from piglets who had recently succumbed to a highly contagious diarrheal disease, an undercover exposé of Iron Maiden Hog Farm in Owensboro, Kentucky revealed.
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February 12, 2014
Iowa Factory Farm Fined $10,000 for Large Waste Spill
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has fined Illinois-based pork producer The Maschhoffs $10,000 for a spill of animal waste from one of its sow confinement operations in southeast Iowa.
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February 11, 2014
Owner of Food Lion, Hannaford and Bottom Dollar Grocery Chains Asks for Animal Welfare Reports from Pork Suppliers Amid Growing Concerns
The country’s ninth-largest grocer, Delhaize America, announced that it will require its pork suppliers to produce reports regarding their progress in eliminating from their pork supply chains the use of gestation crates—cages used to house breeding pigs that are so restrictive, the animals can’t even turn around.
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February 3, 2014
Wendy’s Demands Quarterly Animal Welfare Reports from Pork Suppliers Amid Growing Concerns
Wendy’s announced that it will require its suppliers to produce quarterly reports regarding their ability to provide pork produced without the use of gestation crates.
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January 27, 2014
Farm Bill Strengthens Animal Fighting Law, Omits Dangerous King Amendment
The Farm Bill conference report released today by the House-Senate conference committee includes two major wins on animal welfare issues, and was applauded by The HSUS and the Humane Society Legislative Fund.
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January 13, 2014
The Cheesecake Factory Announces Progress in Eliminating Controversial Pig Cages from Supply Chain
The Cheesecake Factory, which serves more than 80 million customers a year, announced that it has begun eliminating gestation crates from its pork supply.
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December 19, 2013
Safeway Announces Progress in Eliminating Controversial Pig Cages from Supply Chain, Directs Suppliers to Provide Plans for Meeting Demand
Safeway, Inc. announced that it has begun eliminating gestation crates from its pork supply.
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December 10, 2013
Campaign to End Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals Wins BENNY Awards
The Humane Society of the United States received two awards from The Business Ethics Network, which celebrates outstanding contributions to the advancement of corporate ethics, for its campaign to end cruel confinement of farm animals.
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November 26, 2013
Neighbors, The HSUS Challenge Massive Minnesota Sow Facility’s Water Permit
Neighbors of a newly built sow breeding facility have joined with The HSUS in seeking to overturn the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ decision to allow the factory farm to take more than eight million gallons of groundwater per year.
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November 21, 2013
Coalition Notifies Iowa Factory Farm of Intent to File Clean Water Act Lawsuit over Repeated Manure Spills
A coalition of community, environmental and animal welfare organizations sent a notice of intent to sue Illinois-based The Maschhoffs, LLC over repeated discharges of hog manure to waterways from one of its Iowa factory farms.
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November 14, 2013
Papa John’s to Eliminate Controversial Pig Cages from Pork Supply Chain
Papa John’s, an international pizza outlet with more than 4,000 stores, announced it will join other major restaurant chains in working to eliminate controversial gestation crates from its supply chain. The cages, used to confine breeding pigs, have been criticized in recent years by animal welfare advocates and the food industry alike.
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October 18, 2013
Raleigh Transit Authority Settles Lawsuit Over Ads Exposing Pig Abuse
The Raleigh Transit Authority and The Humane Society of the United States have settled a lawsuit filed in August challenging the Transit Authority’s refusal to run advertisements that show pigs suffering in extreme confinement, a common pork industry practice.
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September 26, 2013
Martha Stewart Calls on N.J. Legislators to Help Protect Pigs from Cruelty
New Jersey native Martha Stewart has written to members of the New Jersey legislature on behalf of breeding pigs.
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August 16, 2013
The HSUS Sues Raleigh Transit Authority for Rejecting Bus Ads on Inhumane Pork Industry Practices
The Humane Society of the United States filed a federal lawsuit today against the Raleigh Transit Authority for refusing to run advertisements that show pigs suffering in extreme confinement on factory farms.
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August 13, 2013
Farm Bill Provision Could Nullify State Agricultural Laws
States’ bans on inhumane factory farming practices and many other state laws and rules regulating agriculture are at risk of annulment unless Congress rejects a highly destructive provision adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives in its version of the pending Farm Bill.
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July 26, 2013
Connecticut Students Given Right to Opt Out of Animal Dissections
An official ceremonial signing was held by Gov. Dannel Malloy for the passage of “An Act Concerning Dissection Choice,” a new law requiring schools to excuse any student from participating or observing the dissection of any animal as part of classroom instruction.
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July 25, 2013
Worker at Wyoming Pork Producer Convicted of Animal Cruelty
Thanks to evidence provided by The Humane Society of the United States, Jarrod Barney Juarez was convicted of one count of animal cruelty following a trial this week for abusing a piglet at a factory farm that was, at the time of the investigation, supplying pigs to Tyson Foods.
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July 2, 2013
Quiznos Bolsters Animal Welfare Program by Eliminating Controversial Pig Cages from Pork Supply Chain
Quiznos, the pioneer of the toasted sandwich, announced it will work closely with its suppliers to eliminate controversial pig “gestation crates” from its supply chain between 2017 and 2022.
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June 19, 2013
New York Lawmakers Pass Critical Legislation On Invasive Wild Pigs
Importing, possessing, selling or releasing wild pigs would be illegal in New York under a bill that now awaits Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature.
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June 18, 2013
Pennsylvania Legislature Criticized for Advancing Bill Supporting Captive Pig Hunts
The Pennsylvania legislature passed a measure to support captive hunts of wild pigs.
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June 7, 2013
Vermont Governor Cracks Down on Cruel and Unsporting Captive Pig Hunts
Gov. Peter Shumlin signed legislation that prohibits the importation and possession of wild pigs and their hybrids into law. House Bill 101, introduced by Rep. David Deen, D-Windham, bans feral pigs from captive hunts – fenced pens where trophy-seekers pay to shoot the trapped animals for guaranteed kills.
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June 1, 2013
Canada Set to Ban Lifelong Confinement of Pigs in Immobilizing Cages
Canadian pigs would no longer be confined perpetually in gestation crates during pregnancy under a proposal released for public comment by Canada’s National Farm Animal Care Council. The plan earned applause from The Humane Society of the United States.
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May 29, 2013
New Poll Shows 91 Percent of Connecticut Voters Support Legislation to Protect Farm Animals
A statewide survey conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research finds that an overwhelming majority of Connecticut voters favor legislation to require that breeding pigs have enough space to stand up, lie down, turn around and fully extend their limbs.
