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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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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals , Cruel Slaughter Practices

  • July 31, 2013

    Caribou Coffee Incorporates Cage-Free Eggs into Breakfast Menu

    Caribou Coffee has announced that its most popular signature breakfast sandwich, which represents 20 percent of the company’s breakfast sales, will now be made with 100 percent cage-free eggs.

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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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    Related Animal Abuse and Neglect , Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals , Cruel Slaughter Practices

  • July 24, 2013

    Miami Valley Chapter of the Ohio Farmers Union Endorses The HSUS Agriculture Advisory Council for Ohio

    The Miami Valley chapter of the Ohio Farmers Union formally endorsed the work of The Humane Society of the United States’ Agriculture Advisory Council for Ohio.

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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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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals

  • June 27, 2013

    Sen. Feinstein and Bipartisan Cosponsors Introduce Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act

    Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association

    To preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics for treating sick people and animals, Sen. Dianne Feinstein has introduced the Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act, which would phase out the routine non-therapeutic use of these drugs in farm animals.

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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.

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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals

  • May 27, 2013

    North Carolinians to See TV Ads Showing Animal Cruelty the Chamber of Commerce is Trying to Keep Hidden

    A new television commercial will begin airing this week to warn North Carolinians that important, long-standing food safety and animal welfare safeguards are in jeopardy because of a power grab by the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce and their allies in the state legislature.

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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals

  • May 16, 2013

    Congressional Votes on Farm Bill Bring Good News, Bad News for Animals

    HSLF

    The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, in taking up the Farm Bill yesterday, approved an amendment to crackdown on spectators at animal fighting ventures, but also approved a destructive, constitutionally questionable amendment to strip states of their right to protect farm animals and other animals from exploitation and abuse.

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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals , Cruel Slaughter Practices , Dogfighting , Cockfighting

  • May 14, 2013

    ARAMARK Recognized by Humane Society of the United States for Improving Animal Welfare

    ARAMARK – a global professional services provider and the largest U.S.-based food service company – has been named recipient of the 2012 Henry Spira Humane Corporate Progress Award for the company’s work in its supply chain to help improve conditions of farm animals confined in crates and cages.

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  • May 13, 2013

    New Jersey Legislature Overwhelmingly Passes Bill to Protect Pigs

    The New Jersey legislature has voted by landslide margins to ban the extreme confinement of breeding pigs in crates so small, they prevent the animals from even turning around for nearly their entire lives. The vote earned applause from The Humane Society of the United States, Farm Sanctuary, Mercy For Animals and the ASPCA.

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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals

  • May 13, 2013

    Tenn. Governor Haslam Vetoes Anti-Whistleblower Bill

    Gov. Bill Haslam vetoed the anti-whistleblower “ag-gag” bill, SB 1248/HB 1191, after hearing from thousands of Tennesseans urging the veto and a report deeming the bill constitutionally suspect by the Tennessee Attorney General.

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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals , Cruel Slaughter Practices , Tennessee Walking Horses

  • May 9, 2013

    Wayne's Blog: Rick Berman's Debut in Canada Flops

    Wayne's Blog: A Humane Nation

    HSUS President and CEO Wayne Pacelle blogs about how Rick Berman of the front group Center for Consumer Freedom went to Canada to try to fight The HSUS on the gestation crate issue...with less than stellar success.

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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals

  • May 6, 2013

    Bill to Improve Living Conditions for Millions of Egg-Laying Hens

    Proposed federal legislation, the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments, would increase living space for laying hens and improve their overall living conditions. Please urge your Senator to vote for this bill.

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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals

  • May 3, 2013

    Bill to Criminalize Animal Cruelty Whistlblowers Reaches Governor’s Desk, Continues to Draw Criticism

    As the anti-whistleblower “ag-gag” bill SB1248 was finally transmitted to Gov. Bill Haslam for his decision – two weeks after being passed by the legislature – more than 300 Tennessee clergy joined First Amendment and animal welfare groups urging a veto

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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals , Cruel Slaughter Practices , Tennessee Walking Horses

  • May 2, 2013

    Sodexo Wins Humane Society of the United States Award for Work to Improve Animal Welfare in Its Supply Chain

    Sodexo, Inc., the global leader in Quality of Life Services, and one of the largest diversified services companies in the world, has been honored with the Henry Spira Humane Corporate Progress Award for its work to end the extreme confinement of farm animals in small crates and cages.

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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals

  • May 2, 2013

    Humane Society of the United States Recognizes BURGER KING® with National Animal Welfare Award

    The Humane Society of the United States has given Burger King Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: BKW) – the nation’s second-largest fast food hamburger chain – its Henry Spira Humane Corporate Progress Award for the company’s work to end the extreme confinement of farm animals in small crates and cages.

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  • May 1, 2013

    Undercover Factory Farm Exposé Nets Prestigious Webby Awards

    A video from an undercover investigation of a pig factory farm earned both a 2013 Webby People's Voice Award and a Webby Winner Award.

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    Related Cruel Confinement of Farm Animals , Cruel Slaughter Practices

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