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November 16, 2011
The HSUS Sends Legal Demand for Smithfield Records Concerning Cruel Confinement of Pigs
Just two weeks after filing a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding Smithfield Foods’ misleading claims about animal welfare, The Humane Society of the United States filed legal notice with Smithfield – a major pork supplier for McDonald’s — that it will exercise its right as a corporate shareholder to inspect company records regarding Smithfield’s broken promise to stop confining sows in gestation crates on company-owned farms by 2017.
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November 2, 2011
Complaint Filed with SEC Alleging McDonald’s Pork Supplier Makes False Claims
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission received a legal complaint today from The Humane Society of the United States alleging that Smithfield Foods — a McDonald’s pork supplier and recipient of McDonald’s “supplier sustainability” award — is making false and misleading claims to shareholders and consumers about its corporate responsibility practices.
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November 2, 2011
Complaint Filed with SEC Alleging Smithfield Foods Makes False Animal Welfare and Environmental Claims
Just 24 hours after Smithfield Foods – the world’s largest pork producer – launched its new corporate responsibility website, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has received a legal complaint from The Humane Society of the United States alleging that the company is making false and misleading claims to shareholders and consumers about its corporate responsibility practices in violation of federal securities law.
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October 26, 2011
The HSUS Blows Whistle on Kentucky Livestock Care Standards Commission
The HSUS filed a formal complaint with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture against the Kentucky Livestock Care Standards Commission for significant violations of the state’s Open Meetings Act.
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October 24, 2011
Advancements for Farm Animals Become Reality
We’ve still got a very long way to go, but Americans have taken some impressive steps for farm animals in recent years.
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October 20, 2011
An Interview with Bones Star Emily Deschanel
"Bones" star Emily Deschanel uses her celebrity to draw attention to issues close to her heart.
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October 18, 2011
New Agricultural Council Brings Nebraska Farmers, Ranchers and Animal Welfare Advocates to the Table to Discuss Common Goals
To advance more humane practices on farms and ranches and to promote food producers who share that goal, The Humane Society of the United States joined the Nebraska Farmers Union in Lincoln to announce the formation of an advisory body, the Nebraska Agriculture Council of The Humane Society of the United States.
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October 6, 2011
Shareholder Proposal Takes Aim at Domino’s Pepperoni Pizza for Animal Cruelty
The HSUS submitted a shareholder resolution today asking Domino’s Pizza to report to shareholders the feasibility of using pepperoni and ham toppings that come from pork producers that don’t use gestation crates to confine breeding pigs.
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October 3, 2011
Supreme Court To Decide Whether Meatpackers Can Use Sick, Injured Animals in the Food Supply
The HSUS asked the Supreme Court to reject a meat industry lawsuit seeking to overturn a California law that prohibits slaughterhouses, stockyards, auctions or dealers from buying, selling or receiving animals too disabled to walk and prohibits slaughterhouses from killing or processing these “downed” animals.
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September 28, 2011
Shareholder Resolution Urges Seaboard to Prevent Cruelty to Pigs
The HSUS submitted a shareholder resolution asking Seaboard Foods to create a plan for phasing out its confinement of breeding pigs in gestation crates.
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