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  • June 30, 2011

    “Ag Gag” Bills Die in Iowa, Minnesota, Florida

    Iowa is the latest state whose "ag gag" bill died with the legislative session. Minnesota and Florida also proposed failed "ag gag" bills in attempts to squelch whistleblowing.

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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals , Cruel Slaughter Practices , Force-Fed Animals

  • April 14, 2011

    Farm Animal News to Note

    If you missed these recent articles on farm animal issues, you should check them out.

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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals , Cruel Slaughter Practices

  • November 9, 2010

    Thankful, Courageous Birds

    The Humane Society of the United States

    The lucky turkeys at Black Beauty Ranch are examples of a growing awareness of humane eating during the holidays.

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    Related Humane Eating , Cruel Slaughter Practices

  • December 22, 2009

    Shareholder Resolution Urges Smithfield to Help Decrease Suffering of Butterball Turkeys

    The HSUS submitted a shareholder resolution Tuesday asking Smithfield, Va.-based Smithfield Foods, which owns a 49 percent stake in Butterball, to urge the national turkey company to switch to a better slaughter method called controlled-atmosphere killing.

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    Related Cruel Slaughter Practices

  • November 9, 2009

    Eating Animals

    The Humane Society of the United States

    Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer has written a non-fiction book about factory farming called Eating Animals.

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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals , Cruel Slaughter Practices , Environmental Impact

  • May 27, 2009

    "Food, Inc." Documentary Raises Questions about What We Eat

    The Humane Society of the United States

    The HSUS cosponsored a screening of the documentary Food, Inc.

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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals , Cruel Slaughter Practices

 

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