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Recent News
April 30, 2004
AP: Beef recall amid E. coli concerns
Wichita-based Exel said Thursday that it packaged the ground beef in 10-pound cylindrical tubes with a use or freeze by date of April 29, but the meat likely was repackaged by retail stores.
Scripps Howard News: Activists charge mistreated chickens have weak legs
WASHINGTON -- Thanks to selective breeding, special feed and drugs, chicken farmers today are producing market-ready broilers in half the time it took 50 years ago.
April 27, 2004
Washington Times: Avowedly vegan
Saurabh Dalal of Lanham loves pizza, frequently ordering it with green peppers, black olives, onions and tomatoes. While many people indulge in the Italian cuisine for its high-calorie cheese, Mr. Dalal, 38, does without the dairy product.
San Luis Obsibo News: Lawmakers OK ban on force-feeding birds to make foie gras
A Senate panel approved a bill Monday that would ban the production and sale of foie gras, a delicacy derived from the livers of force-fed geese and ducks - a practice that animal rights groups decried as inhumane.
April 15, 2004
Style Weekly: Into the Frying Pan
Virginia's egg business heats up. But is there a difference between factory and farm?
Oakland Tribune: Without safety gear, workers die at Central Valley dairy
GUSTINE -- Jose Alatorre drowned in liquid cow manure on his first wedding anniversary.
April 14, 2004
Reuters: Vegetable Fiber Tied to Lower Prostate Cancer Risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who eat their veggies may be less likely than others to develop prostate cancer, a new study suggests.
The Press Democrat: Deal sought in foie gras suits
A potential settlement in a legal battle over foie gras production could mean some trespassing allegations are dropped from a suit against animal rights activists who say the delicacy is made by torturing ducks, one of the defendants said Tuesday.
Washington Post: Organic Salmon? Says Who?
Next to the shimmering sides of salmon in the seafood case at the market, little white signs often indicate the fish's origin or upbringing: farm-raised, wild, Icelandic, Atlantic, Copper River, Coho and so on. For anyone keeping count of the dizzying array, another flag with another term has now been stuck in the ice.
April 13, 2004
PBS Frontline: Modern Meat
Have the dramatic changes in the U.S. beef industry compromised the safety of America's beef?
April 12, 2004
Detroit News: New report shows that pregnant women are eating too much fish
Of the 4 million babies born in the United States in 2000, more than 300,000 of them — and as many as 600,000 — may have been exposed to “unacceptable” levels of methyl mercury because their mothers ate a diet rich in fish, a study finds.
April 08, 2004
The Globe and Mail: Street teens hired to post signs linking meat, slayings
VANCOUVER -- "Street teens" have been hired to plaster the city with controversial anti-meat posters linking the fate of 61 missing or slain women from the Downtown Eastside with the slaughter of pigs, after local billboard firms refused to rent space to the radical group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Psychology Today: Vegan with a Vengeance
Historically, vegans have misunderstood or treated with suspicion because of their beliefs. Now, this strict form of vegetarianism is attracting young adherents.
AP: Rooting for the Twins? Ah, it's not so bad
Word came last week that the great Inflatable Teflon Tent, or the Triple-H if you will, has been named baseball's ninth-friendliest ballpark for vegetarians.
April 07, 2004
Toronto Star: Vivid picture of slaughterhouse cruelty
Pigs limping out of transport trucks on their way to slaughter, cattle crammed together for a 67-hour journey across the country and a cow being hoisted by its back leg without being properly stunned.
April 05, 2004
The Minnesota Daily: Animal rights and the myth of “humane” treatment
To outsiders, animal rights advocates look to be a strange lot. We don’t eat meat, avoid cosmetics tested on animals and boycott the Ringling Brothers Circus. Drape ourselves in fur? Forget it. Animal rights advocates don’t even wear leather or wool.
The Tennessean: Slaughterhouses work for more humane ends
When Temple Grandin surveyed slaughterhouses in 1996, only 36% of the plants were doing a good job shocking the animals senseless before slaughter.
South London: 'Cancer combat' foods named
Foods that may combat cancer can be found at a glance using a new Internet list developed by scientists. Researchers in Scotland spent three years compiling almost 7,000 food items that have undergone rigorous scientific tests.
April 02, 2004
MSNBC: Cattle riding herd over Amazon
BRASILIA, Brazil - Booming Brazilian beef exports could be the main culprit behind a sharp rise in deforestation of the Amazon as cattle farmers cut deeper into the forests, a leading research institute said Thursday.
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