An animal advocacy group wants prosecutors to press animal cruelty charges against Perdue Farms Inc., after an activist secretly videotaped chickens flapping wildly after their throats were slit on a processing line.
IN THESE TIMES: Environmental hogwash
Chicken has taken on a whole new meaning for Faye Lear, of White Plains, in western Kentucky, who lives 300 feet from two giant barns containing thousands of birds laying eggs for Tyson Foods. There are the sickening wafts of ammonia and bird feather dust that chase her inside from her front porch. Clouds of well-fed flies swarm her car windows.
October 04, 2004
DALLAS NEWS: FACTORY FARM MEAT NOT ON MENU FOR FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS
In the week leading up to today's Feast of St. Francis, it fell to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to decide whether the sale and production of foie gras should be terminated in California on the grounds of cruelty to animals. At first, the governor called the proposal another "silly" example of a legislature with too much time on its hands. But then Wednesday he signed the bill into law, apparently finding that the cruelty questions are not so easily shrugged off.
October 03, 2004
TELEGRAPH: FAST-LEARNING FISH HAVE MEMORIES THAT PUT THEIR OWNERS TO SHAME
If you thought fish were cold, wet creatures who forget everything in three seconds flat, think again. Scientists have found they are fast learners, carry mental maps around in their heads - and can retain memories for months.
