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Alleged pig abuse at The Maschhoffs shown in activists’ video

By News Desk on February 1, 2017

A video that appears to show pigs being abused at an Oklahoma hog farm has prompted investigations by its owners and the Hormel Food Co., which it supplies. Hormel, makers of Spam, bacon, chili and…
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Dated duck farm video gets state police scrutiny

By News Desk on October 13, 2016

Update: A PETA spokesperson says the video mentioned in this story was not as dated as it may seem.   She says the footage was recorded between January 15 and March 30, 2016 and was submitted…
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Tyson, McDonald’s Cut Ties With TN Chicken Farm After Video Showing Abuse

By News Desk on August 28, 2015

Two major food corporations with well-known brands to protect have cut ties with a Tennessee chicken farm that finds itself the latest target of an animal abuse investigation by Los Angeles-based Mercy for Animals. First…
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MN Hog Farm Suspends Workers Before Group Releases Undercover Video

By News Desk on August 12, 2015

When an animal agriculture facility is caught with workers abusing their charges, the usual routine is to wait until the undercover video is made public and then, maybe after a day or two, fire the…
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Hotline Launched for Reporting Cruelty, Neglect of Farm Animals

By News Desk on October 28, 2014

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has launched a hotline that offers a reward for whistleblowers who report cruelty and neglect on factory farms, at livestock auctions, and in slaughter houses. The organization…
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Meat Recalls + Slaughter Plant Shutdowns = Supplier for the National School Lunch Program?

By Erica Meier on March 11, 2014

When you think about the food being served in school cafeterias nationwide, do the words meat recall, animal abuse, unsanitary conditions and slaughter plant shutdowns come to mind? Perhaps they should. A few weeks ago,…
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Letter From the Editor: A Modest Proposal to Wipe Out Farm Animal Abuse

By Dan Flynn on February 23, 2014

I’ve acknowledged here before that I grew up in a small Midwestern town. It was even larger than most small towns, but I still went to school with more farm kids than city kids. I’ve…
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Slaughter Plant Closes After HSUS Video Prompts USDA Inspectors to Leave

By Dan Flynn on January 28, 2014

A New Jersey company involved in the veal and lamb business for more than 65 years was forced to shut down last Friday when USDA inspectors left the building because of alleged inhumane practices going…
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Animal Ag’s 2014 Legislative Strategy: Require Quick Abuse Reporting

By Dan Flynn on January 8, 2014

If early bill filings are any indication, animal agriculture is going to go for cruelty laws with short reporting deadlines. Late last year, New Hampshire House Bill 110 was amended to give anyone who witnesses…
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Undercover Videographer Charged With Animal Cruelty for Reporting Delay

By Dan Flynn on November 26, 2013

A contractor working undercover for the non-governmental organization known as Compassion Over Killing is now being charged with animal cruelty in Colorado. Weld County Sheriff John B. Cooke said videographer Taylor Radig is charged with…
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