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Farmed Animals
California Downer Ban Survives Challenge
Farmed AnimalsAfter an undercover investigation in 2008 showed heinous acts of animal cruelty toward nonambulatory or “downed” animals at the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co., California strengthened an existing law governing the...
California Egg Law Upheld by Federal Court
Farmed AnimalsA US District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Missouri’s Attorney General Chris Koster and joined by attorneys general from five other states that challenged a California law...
Nestlé and Unilever Announce New Commitments to Animal Welfare
Farmed AnimalsNestlé recently announced a commitment to farm animal welfare in an effort to “remove the worst [practices], promote the best and improve the rest.” Nestlé stated that it will “support...
Oregon Supreme Court Recognizes that Animals Can Be Individual Crime Victims
Farmed AnimalsIn 2009, police in Umatilla, Oregon, arrested a man for starving and neglecting dozens of animals. A jury convicted the man of 20 counts of second-degree animal abuse, but at...
USDA Finalizes Poultry Slaughter Inspection Regulations
Farmed AnimalsIn the Winter 2014 AWI Quarterly, AWI reported that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) had proposed changing the poultry slaughter regulations to allow poultry companies to accelerate their slaughter process by...
Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Puts Contract Renewal with Wildlife Services on Hold
Press ReleaseJuly 2, 2014Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeOne day after a broad coalition of national animal and conservation groups urged the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors to terminate its contract with the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife...
Electronic Vehicle Logs Could Make Roads Safer for People and Animals
Farmed AnimalsThe Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has published a proposed change to transportation regulations in order to reduce accidents and paperwork burdens. FMCSA is reviewing options...
Inhumane Slaughter Plant Shut Down by USDA
Farmed AnimalsThe United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) indefinitely pulled its inspectors from Brooksville Meat Fabrication (“Brooksville”), a slaughterhouse in Bracken County, Kentucky, for inhumane handling and slaughtering of animals. Without...
USDA Sued over Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella in Meat
Farmed AnimalsThe Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has filed a lawsuit against USDA for its failure to protect the public from antibiotic-resistant strains of Salmonella. In May 2011, CSPI...
Moran Bills Give Animals a Break from Greasepaint and Traveling Show Grind
Animals in Laboratories, Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeRep. Jim Moran (D-VA) has introduced bills to remedy two different animal welfare problems. The first, HR 4148, the Humane Cosmetics Act, prohibits testing cosmetics on animals and also the...