“Oh give me land, lots of lands, and the starry skies above. Don’t fence me in…”
The Humane Society of the United States, Mercy for Animals, and Farm Sanctuary are getting the U.S. District Court for Central California to review their plan for combatting bird flu. It involves lots of
Continue Reading Alternative model for bird flu containment gets court review
Editor’s note: This column is published here with the permission of the author, Leah Garcés.
Over the past few months, news reports of China’s African swine fever problem, which is decimating the country’s pig population, has dominated agriculture and trade headlines. The disease outbreak has affected markets across
Continue Reading African swine fever’s lesson: Big animal ag is fragile and biohazard suits are not unusual
Political ramifications are coming in from two events in the past week involving the meat industry.
The first event was a July 12 forum sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on issues surrounding the cultured meat grown from in vitro animals cell culture.
A big newsmaker at that
Continue Reading Political impact lingers after two main events in meat industry
Gov. Asa Hutchinson Thursday signed Arkansas House Bill 1665, adding a civil cause of action to the state’s code that permits individuals to sue over the unauthorized access to non-public areas of commercial property.
Although not a criminal statute, Nathan Runkle, president of Mercy for Animals, calls the measure an
Continue Reading Arkansas lawmakers take ‘civil’ approach with new ag-gag law
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 other products, is looking into the Oklahoma facility, which is owned by The Maschhoffs LLC,
Continue Reading Alleged pig abuse at The Maschhoffs shown in activists’ video
Animal activists from Los Angles-based Mercy for Animals are taking credit this week for the conviction of Danny Miranda on three counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty, but it might be awhile before they or others return to North Carolina to mount another undercover investigation. 
That’s because on Jan. 1, a
Continue Reading Animal Cruelty Conviction in North Carolina Might Be The Last for Awhile
For the third time since July, food industry giant Tyson Foods Inc. has been the target of an undercover animal cruelty investigation by Los Angeles-based Mercy for Animals. 
This time, the animal rights group has signed affidavits against Tyson Foods and six of its employees, hoping it can get misdemeanor
Continue Reading Animal Rights Group Files Criminal Misdemeanor Affidavits Against Tyson and Six Employees
The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) has released undercover video footage from inside a Tyson Foods Inc. slaughter plant in Carthage, Texas, which the group asserts documents a system exploiting both workers and animals. The videotape includes an interview with the undercover investigator, filmed in shadow to protect her identity.
Continue Reading Undercover Investigation Alleges Abuse of Chickens, Workers at Tyson Slaughter Plant in Texas
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 Tyson Foods Inc., which contracted with the Tennessee farm to raise chickens, and then McDonald’s,
Continue Reading Tyson, McDonald’s Cut Ties With TN Chicken Farm After Video Showing Abuse
Constitutional rights not used or claimed might not survive from one generation to the next. It’s not good enough to say that because of New York Times Co. v. United States (1971), no prior restraint — meaning no government-imposed censorship or punishment — may exist against anyone’s rights to speak
Continue Reading Letter From the Editor: Stop Censorship of Undercover Videos
