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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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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Colorado Sheriff Charges Three Men With Animal Abuse After Seeing Video
Three men working at the Quanah Cattle Company about 60 miles north of Denver were charged with animal cruelty on Friday by Weld County Sheriff John Cooke. If convicted, each man will be jailed for
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