Last night HBO premiered a show called Death on a Factory Farm. This is a small segment. I haven’t seen the whole thing yet, and am not sure if I’ll be able to stomach it, but I do have a friend recording it for me. Has anyone else seen it? What were your thoughts? Viewer [...]
Posts Tagged ‘gestation crates’
HBO Special on Factory Farming
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, tagged Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, animal suffering, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, gestation crates, pigs, videos on March 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Prop 2 Passes!!!
Posted in Animal Welfare, Factory Farming, tagged "veal" calves, animal advocacy, Animal Protection Organizations, battery cages, California, chickens, confinement, egg industry, Factory Farming, farm sanctuary, gestation crates, Humane Society, legislation, pictures of factory farms, pigs, veal crates, yes on prop 2 on November 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“With the passage of Prop 2, California becomes the 5th state to outlaw gestation crates (joining Florida, Arizona, Oregon and Colorado) and the third to outlaw veal crates (joining Arizona and Colorado). Perhaps most significantly, it becomes the first state to ban battery cages for laying hens, who are killed in far greater numbers than [...]
Piggies in Iowa Need Your Help!
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, tagged animal suffering, Factory Farming, farm animal rescue, farm sanctuary, Farmed Animals, gestation crates, pictures, pictures of factory farms, pigs on July 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I looooove pigs. I love how curious and sweet they are, and how animated they can be. When I was at Farm Sanctuary earlier this year I had so much fun rubbing their bellies and listening to them grunt with satisfaction. That’s why when I see pictures of the poor piggies who have been rescued [...]
“From Farm to Fork”
Posted in Environmental Concerns, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, Veganism, tagged animal agriculture and the environment, Animal Cruelty, battery cages, environment, gestation crates, pictures, pictures of factory farms on April 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Not long ago I went to a presentation called “From Farm to Fork: The Environmental Impacts of Animal Agriculture” held at the Bell Museum in Minneapolis. The featured speaker was Gowri Koneswaran, Director of Animal Agricultural Impacts at the Humane Society of the United States. It was a great presentation. During the first half of [...]


