Astounding.
Check this out at http://www.agdaily.com/news/lush-apologizes-kicking-dairy-farmer/ this link.
Showing posts with label animal abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animal abuse. Show all posts
Friday, May 26, 2017
Friday, March 3, 2017
2 People Charged With Animal Cruelty After Farm Raid
Sad story out of the Watertown area.
Check it out http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news03/pair-facing-dozens-of-animal-cruelty-charges-after-watertown-farm-raid-video-20170303 at this link.
Check it out http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news03/pair-facing-dozens-of-animal-cruelty-charges-after-watertown-farm-raid-video-20170303 at this link.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Dairy Farmer Takes On Temple Grandin
A great read.
Comments, anyone??
Go to http://www.hoards.com/blog_Temple-Grandin-said-that to see the story.
Comments, anyone??
Go to http://www.hoards.com/blog_Temple-Grandin-said-that to see the story.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Will the State Horse Slaughter Bill Make it Out of Committee This Year?
By DEBRA J. GROOM
Empire Farm & Dairy
In May 2013, about 30 horses on the way to a slaughterhouse in Quebec died in a horrific blaze when the transport truck they were in caught fire on Interstate 81 north of Binghamton.
A bill to prevent this from happening again has been introduced in the New York state legislature for a number of consecutive sessions and will be introduced again this spring, said a spokesman with Senate bill sponsor Sen. Kathleen Marchione , R-Saratoga County.
The bill has been sponsored in the Assembly by Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, D-Manhattan.
The bill calls for prohibiting the slaughter of horses for human consumption and the transport of horses for slaughter for human consumption in New York state.
Right now, horses are not slaughtered for human consumption in New York, according to the state Department of Agriculture and Markets. But there are such slaughterhouses in Quebec, so trailers filled with animals do travel through New York state north on Interstate 81 and the Adirondack Northway (Interstate 87) from points in the United States.
The bill was sponsored last session by Glick and Marchione. It was sent to the agriculture committees in both the state Assembly and the state Senate but did not move from there.
In fact, the bill has been around since 2007, but never makes it out of the agriculture committees in the Assembly or Senate. To become law, it would have to be approved in committee, go to a vote by the full Legislature and then be signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
“Assemblywoman Glick is very committed to this bill,” said Charles LeDuc, Glick’s legislative analyst. He said the problem deals with wording in the bill.
“She cares deeply about this issue and will continue to work with the chair of the committee,” LeDuc said. “It all comes down to the wording in the bill.”
“Sen. Marchione believes that New York’s horses are majestic, beautiful animals that deserve protection from inhumane treatment and slaughter,” said Joshua Fitzpatrick, speaking for Marchione. “This bipartisan legislation continues to work its way through the legislative process.”
Assemblyman William Magee, D-Nelson, Madison County, chair of the Assembly agriculture committee, said he didn’t hear much from constituents concerning the bill when it was first introduced. It was amended last year to beef up the enforcement part of the bill and was reintroduced this year, and will be discussed by the committee this session.
Assemblyman James Tedisco, R-Glenville, Saratoga County, has been a co-sponsor of the bill each time it has been introduced and continues to back it.
Tedisco called the slaughter of horses animal abuse and said it is a bridge crime to more heinous actions, such as the assault or killing of people. He also called horses noble “creatures of God” that “built this nation, built the Erie Canal and worked the farms” that made the U.S. and New York grow into what they are today.
Bos is one of those “noble creatures” of which Tedisco speaks, says Mary Minkoff, vice president of Sunshine Horses, a rescue organization outside of Central Square, Oswego County.
Minkoff found Bos — a 15-year-old Standardbred — at a kill pen in Pennsylvania in 2013. He had been a champion harness race horse, bringing in about $200,000 in winnings for his owner.
But when he couldn’t race anymore, he was sold to some Amish farmers. He pulled carriages.
“This is a hard life for these horses,” Minkoff said.
She said Bos was worked quite hard and then auctioned off again when he couldn’t pull his load.
He ended up in the kill pen, where he was rescued by Minkoff.
“He came to us in April 2013 and he was quite ill,” Minkoff said. “He had a respiratory illness and had to be in quarantine.”
Today, Bos is thriving. He was nursed back to health and lived for a while with other horses at Sunshine Horses stables, enjoying the outdoors, the camaraderie of other equine and, life in general. He’s inquisitive and is always the first to come check out a new person at the fence.
“He’s a funny boy,” Minkoff said.
He has recently been adopted by the Laughlin family in Homer, Cortland County.
Minkoff thinks the state’s slaughter bill is a good idea, although she said “enforcing it is probably going to be a problem.” She thinks more could be done if a federal bill was passed.
There is a federal bill called the Safeguard American Food Exports, or SAFE, which is in committee in both the House of Representatives and Senate. The bill states it would “prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the United States.”
“We have to stop the transport of horses over borders,” Minkoff said. “People need to be educated about horse slaughter. About 100,000 horses are slaughtered each year over the border.”
The federal bill keys in on the health problems that can arise from eating horse meat and prohibits the “sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for purposes of human consumption.”
New York Assemblyman Tedisco also is concerned about horse meat from other countries (possibly those slaughtered in Canada) making it into U.S. food.
“It is dangerous to people’s health,” he said. “There are a lot of drugs (used in horses) that can cause harm to people or even kill a baby in a woman’s womb.”
Some of the drugs listed in the federal bill are phenylbutazone, acepromazine, boldenone undecylenate, omeprazole, ketoprofen, xylazine, hyaluronic acid, nitrofurazone, polysulfated glycosaminoglycan, clenbuterol, tolazoline, and ponazuril, all of which are prohibited in meat used for human consumption.
Jack Knowlton is operating manager at Sackatoga Stable in Saratoga Springs and was the race manager for 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Funny Cide. Funny Cide was the first gelding to win the Derby in nearly 75 years and the first New York-bred horse to win the Run for the Roses.
Knowlton has long been an advocate against equine abuse and slaughter and even has been honored for his work by various horse groups. He agrees the state bill would be difficult to enforce. But the bill should be pressed through, he said.
“I think the fact is at least getting a state bill passed is important — let’s get the state of New York on record,” he said. “We should say ‘this is not lawful. We do not want this in our state.’ ”
There used to be horse slaughter plants in the United States, but the last one closed in 2007 in Illinois. Since then, some states have tried to open plants again, but have not been successful, Knowlton said.
Knowlton discussed the fire on Interstate 81 that killed the horses en route to Quebec.
“Without an outlet in the United States, they have to take them elsewhere,” Knowlton said. “We don’t want to be the gateway for horses going to Quebec. It would be my thought that we could get them at the border — find out where the horses in the trailers are going and why.”
Some people believe the reason the bill doesn’t go anywhere in New York is because of lobbying by New York Farm Bureau. A Farm Bureau official said the state’s largest agriculture organization opposes the horse slaughter bill.
“This is an issue of compassion for anyone concerned about the overpopulation of unwanted horses in New York state and across the country,” said Jeff Williams, New York Farm bureau public policy director. “It is important to have a properly regulated alternative to deal with unwanted livestock, as opposed to neglect or the animals being turned loose.”
Farm Bureau also believes horses are livestock and not pets and therefore should be treated differently than dogs or cats.
State Sens. Patricia Ritchie, R-Heuvelton, chair of the Senate agriculture committee, and Marchione, R-Halfmoon, Saratoga County, would not comment on why the bill hasn’t moved out of the Senate agriculture committee for many years.
Assemblyman Magee, chair of the Assembly agriculture committee, said nothing about the Farm Bureau holding the bill up and instead, mentioned the amendment made to the bill last session, adding the bill should be taken up by the committee this session.
Minkoff said Farm Bureau should not worry about maintaining slaughter as an option for disposing of unwanted horses.
“There are many other ways to deal with the horse population than slaughter,” she said. She said Sunshine Horses is trying to seek its sanctuary certification so it can take in and care for more unwanted horses.
“They should be able to go to a sanctuary and live out their lives with dignity,” she said. “There is no reason why they have to go to slaughter.”
Many news outlets, including ESPN and the New York Times, reported that 1986 Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand apparently died in a Japanese slaughterhouse in 2002, where his meat was used either in pet food or steaks for human consumption. His story often comes up during discussion of New York’s anti-slaughter bill.
There have been a number of protests outside the horse slaughter plant in Massueville, Quebec and a bill was introduced in Canada’s Parliament in 2010 to stop horse slaughter in that country. But it did not become law.
The New York Times in 2009 published commentaries both pro and con horse slaughtering. Those in favor of slaughter said there has to be an option for horse owners who need to rid themselves of expensive, old or infirmed horses. Those against horse slaughter believe there should be a more humane end for these beasts.
“These horses have been good companions and show horses for years,” said Minkoff, who called the slaughter process barbaric. “They deserve a lot better.”
Empire Farm & Dairy
In May 2013, about 30 horses on the way to a slaughterhouse in Quebec died in a horrific blaze when the transport truck they were in caught fire on Interstate 81 north of Binghamton.
A bill to prevent this from happening again has been introduced in the New York state legislature for a number of consecutive sessions and will be introduced again this spring, said a spokesman with Senate bill sponsor Sen. Kathleen Marchione , R-Saratoga County.
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| Bos at his new home in Homer. Photo from Mary Minkoff |
The bill calls for prohibiting the slaughter of horses for human consumption and the transport of horses for slaughter for human consumption in New York state.
Right now, horses are not slaughtered for human consumption in New York, according to the state Department of Agriculture and Markets. But there are such slaughterhouses in Quebec, so trailers filled with animals do travel through New York state north on Interstate 81 and the Adirondack Northway (Interstate 87) from points in the United States.
The bill was sponsored last session by Glick and Marchione. It was sent to the agriculture committees in both the state Assembly and the state Senate but did not move from there.
In fact, the bill has been around since 2007, but never makes it out of the agriculture committees in the Assembly or Senate. To become law, it would have to be approved in committee, go to a vote by the full Legislature and then be signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
“Assemblywoman Glick is very committed to this bill,” said Charles LeDuc, Glick’s legislative analyst. He said the problem deals with wording in the bill.
“She cares deeply about this issue and will continue to work with the chair of the committee,” LeDuc said. “It all comes down to the wording in the bill.”
“Sen. Marchione believes that New York’s horses are majestic, beautiful animals that deserve protection from inhumane treatment and slaughter,” said Joshua Fitzpatrick, speaking for Marchione. “This bipartisan legislation continues to work its way through the legislative process.”
Assemblyman William Magee, D-Nelson, Madison County, chair of the Assembly agriculture committee, said he didn’t hear much from constituents concerning the bill when it was first introduced. It was amended last year to beef up the enforcement part of the bill and was reintroduced this year, and will be discussed by the committee this session.
Assemblyman James Tedisco, R-Glenville, Saratoga County, has been a co-sponsor of the bill each time it has been introduced and continues to back it.
Tedisco called the slaughter of horses animal abuse and said it is a bridge crime to more heinous actions, such as the assault or killing of people. He also called horses noble “creatures of God” that “built this nation, built the Erie Canal and worked the farms” that made the U.S. and New York grow into what they are today.
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| Bos before being rehabilitated at Sunshine Horses |
Minkoff found Bos — a 15-year-old Standardbred — at a kill pen in Pennsylvania in 2013. He had been a champion harness race horse, bringing in about $200,000 in winnings for his owner.
But when he couldn’t race anymore, he was sold to some Amish farmers. He pulled carriages.
“This is a hard life for these horses,” Minkoff said.
She said Bos was worked quite hard and then auctioned off again when he couldn’t pull his load.
He ended up in the kill pen, where he was rescued by Minkoff.
“He came to us in April 2013 and he was quite ill,” Minkoff said. “He had a respiratory illness and had to be in quarantine.”
Today, Bos is thriving. He was nursed back to health and lived for a while with other horses at Sunshine Horses stables, enjoying the outdoors, the camaraderie of other equine and, life in general. He’s inquisitive and is always the first to come check out a new person at the fence.
“He’s a funny boy,” Minkoff said.
He has recently been adopted by the Laughlin family in Homer, Cortland County.
Minkoff thinks the state’s slaughter bill is a good idea, although she said “enforcing it is probably going to be a problem.” She thinks more could be done if a federal bill was passed.
There is a federal bill called the Safeguard American Food Exports, or SAFE, which is in committee in both the House of Representatives and Senate. The bill states it would “prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the United States.”
“We have to stop the transport of horses over borders,” Minkoff said. “People need to be educated about horse slaughter. About 100,000 horses are slaughtered each year over the border.”
The federal bill keys in on the health problems that can arise from eating horse meat and prohibits the “sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for purposes of human consumption.”
New York Assemblyman Tedisco also is concerned about horse meat from other countries (possibly those slaughtered in Canada) making it into U.S. food.
“It is dangerous to people’s health,” he said. “There are a lot of drugs (used in horses) that can cause harm to people or even kill a baby in a woman’s womb.”
Some of the drugs listed in the federal bill are phenylbutazone, acepromazine, boldenone undecylenate, omeprazole, ketoprofen, xylazine, hyaluronic acid, nitrofurazone, polysulfated glycosaminoglycan, clenbuterol, tolazoline, and ponazuril, all of which are prohibited in meat used for human consumption.
Jack Knowlton is operating manager at Sackatoga Stable in Saratoga Springs and was the race manager for 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Funny Cide. Funny Cide was the first gelding to win the Derby in nearly 75 years and the first New York-bred horse to win the Run for the Roses.
Knowlton has long been an advocate against equine abuse and slaughter and even has been honored for his work by various horse groups. He agrees the state bill would be difficult to enforce. But the bill should be pressed through, he said.
“I think the fact is at least getting a state bill passed is important — let’s get the state of New York on record,” he said. “We should say ‘this is not lawful. We do not want this in our state.’ ”
There used to be horse slaughter plants in the United States, but the last one closed in 2007 in Illinois. Since then, some states have tried to open plants again, but have not been successful, Knowlton said.
Knowlton discussed the fire on Interstate 81 that killed the horses en route to Quebec.
“Without an outlet in the United States, they have to take them elsewhere,” Knowlton said. “We don’t want to be the gateway for horses going to Quebec. It would be my thought that we could get them at the border — find out where the horses in the trailers are going and why.”
Some people believe the reason the bill doesn’t go anywhere in New York is because of lobbying by New York Farm Bureau. A Farm Bureau official said the state’s largest agriculture organization opposes the horse slaughter bill.
“This is an issue of compassion for anyone concerned about the overpopulation of unwanted horses in New York state and across the country,” said Jeff Williams, New York Farm bureau public policy director. “It is important to have a properly regulated alternative to deal with unwanted livestock, as opposed to neglect or the animals being turned loose.”
Farm Bureau also believes horses are livestock and not pets and therefore should be treated differently than dogs or cats.
State Sens. Patricia Ritchie, R-Heuvelton, chair of the Senate agriculture committee, and Marchione, R-Halfmoon, Saratoga County, would not comment on why the bill hasn’t moved out of the Senate agriculture committee for many years.
Assemblyman Magee, chair of the Assembly agriculture committee, said nothing about the Farm Bureau holding the bill up and instead, mentioned the amendment made to the bill last session, adding the bill should be taken up by the committee this session.
Minkoff said Farm Bureau should not worry about maintaining slaughter as an option for disposing of unwanted horses.
“There are many other ways to deal with the horse population than slaughter,” she said. She said Sunshine Horses is trying to seek its sanctuary certification so it can take in and care for more unwanted horses.
“They should be able to go to a sanctuary and live out their lives with dignity,” she said. “There is no reason why they have to go to slaughter.”
Many news outlets, including ESPN and the New York Times, reported that 1986 Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand apparently died in a Japanese slaughterhouse in 2002, where his meat was used either in pet food or steaks for human consumption. His story often comes up during discussion of New York’s anti-slaughter bill.
There have been a number of protests outside the horse slaughter plant in Massueville, Quebec and a bill was introduced in Canada’s Parliament in 2010 to stop horse slaughter in that country. But it did not become law.
The New York Times in 2009 published commentaries both pro and con horse slaughtering. Those in favor of slaughter said there has to be an option for horse owners who need to rid themselves of expensive, old or infirmed horses. Those against horse slaughter believe there should be a more humane end for these beasts.
“These horses have been good companions and show horses for years,” said Minkoff, who called the slaughter process barbaric. “They deserve a lot better.”
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Milk Myths Debunked -- Is Dairy Scary or Not?
Check out this blog entry in response to an article written by an anti-agriculture group about mistreatment of cows on dairy farms.
Go to http://inuddernews.com/2016/01/30/milk-myths-debunked-part-3-dairy-is-scary-or-not/ to check out the blog entry.
Go to http://inuddernews.com/2016/01/30/milk-myths-debunked-part-3-dairy-is-scary-or-not/ to check out the blog entry.
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Webinar on Farm Animal Welfare Law Set for Nov. 12
A Continuing Legal Education webinar on New York farm animal welfare law is being presented at 3:30 p.m., Thursday Nov. 12.
Lawyer Cari Rincker will present the program through Lawline.com.
Topics to be covered are:
Lawyer Cari Rincker will present the program through Lawline.com.
Topics to be covered are:
• Overview of animal cruelty law in New York, including applicable statues and related case law;Anyone interested in participating in this webinar should go to http://www.lawline.com/cle/course/overview-of-new-york-farm-animal-welfare-law to register.
• Seizure of animals under these statues;
• Criminal procedure for police officers and Society for the Prevention for the Cruelty of Animals (“SPCA”) peace officers, including warrant requirements, search and seizure, warrantless arrests, photographic evidence;
• Posting of security for costs of care for seized animals;
• Local animal abuser registries and databases; and
• Tips for protecting farms and building a defense.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Report: School Cafeteria Vendor Collaborates with Humane Society of the US
Interesting story.
What do you all think? http://www.agweb.com/article/school-cafeteria-vendor-collaborates-with-humane-society-of-the-united-states-NAA-jim-dickrell/#.VVsgRJU0qsk.facebook
Here is the original blog entry from the Humane Society of the United States President Wayne Pacelle. http://blog.humanesociety.org/wayne/2015/04/aramark-animal-welfare-announcement.html
What do you all think? http://www.agweb.com/article/school-cafeteria-vendor-collaborates-with-humane-society-of-the-united-states-NAA-jim-dickrell/#.VVsgRJU0qsk.facebook
Here is the original blog entry from the Humane Society of the United States President Wayne Pacelle. http://blog.humanesociety.org/wayne/2015/04/aramark-animal-welfare-announcement.html
Monday, October 20, 2014
Friday, January 10, 2014
Sherburne man faces animal cruelty charges
Check out this http://www.wktv.com/news/local/Sherburne-man-faces-110-counts-of-animal-cruelty-239642221.html story about a man charged with letting cows die and be undernourished.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Report Released on Care of Agricultural Animals; Teleconference Today
This is from the Animal Agriculture Alliance:
The Animal Agriculture Alliance today (Monday Oct. 21) released a report detailing the efforts and progress America’s livestock, poultry and egg producers have made over more than a decade in ensuring animal well-being, protecting the environment, using antibiotics responsibly and producing the world’s safest food.
Titled “Advances in Animal Agriculture; What the Center for a Livable Future, Pew Commission and Others Aren’t Telling You About Food Production,” the report will provide stark contrast to a report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for a Livable Future, the organization that initiated “Meatless Mondays.”
Its report, expected to be released Oct. 22, is an update of a report issued in 2008 by the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production that was highly critical of modern food-animal production.
“Many organizations -- including the Pew Commission -- have long criticized the animal agriculture community for not caring enough about their animals or environment or prioritizing public health,” said Alliance President and CEO Kay Johnson Smith. “While there’s always more progress to be made, the entire animal agriculture community has worked hard and has achieved results. Those results should be shared.”
Information for the AAA report was provided by organizations representing beef, chicken, dairy, egg, pork and turkey farmers and ranchers and showcase specific accomplishments in five areas: animal care, responsible antibiotics use, food safety, environmental sustainability and industry research initiatives.
One highlight of the report includes the illness rate from E. coli dropping to less than one case in 100,000 people, meeting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2010 goal.
Additionally, in terms of sustainability, the United States is a model for sustainable livestock production, and less than three percent of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are attributed to livestock production.
The report also explains how agriculture has adapted to the changing landscape, including embracing technology to improve animal well-being and food safety and enhancing productivity to feed a world population that’s expected to increase by 30 percent 2050.
The Alliance will be hosting a teleconference from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday Oct. 22 with various third-party experts to discuss the efforts presented in the Alliance report.
The presenters also will be prepared to answer questions about the Center for a Livable Future’s re-release of the Pew Commission’s 2008 report.
Experts participating in the teleconference include:
* Dr. Richard Raymond, former Under Secretary, Food Safety Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture
* Dr. Scott Hurd, former Deputy Under Secretary, Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture
* Janeen Salak-Johnson, PhD, University of Illinois, Associate Professor Animal Science
* Dr. John Glisson, DVM, MAM, PhD, Retired Department Head of Population Health and former Head of the Department of Avian Medicine, University of Georgia; Vice President, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association
* Dr. Frank Mitloehner, Professor and Air Quality Extension Specialist, Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis
“The varied landscape of livestock and poultry production — farms of all shapes, sizes and production styles — is responsible for the abundance of choices we have at the grocery store and will also be responsible for feeding our growing population,” said Johnson Smith.
A full copy of the report is available on the Alliance website (http://animalagalliance.org/
The Animal Agriculture Alliance today (Monday Oct. 21) released a report detailing the efforts and progress America’s livestock, poultry and egg producers have made over more than a decade in ensuring animal well-being, protecting the environment, using antibiotics responsibly and producing the world’s safest food.
Titled “Advances in Animal Agriculture; What the Center for a Livable Future, Pew Commission and Others Aren’t Telling You About Food Production,” the report will provide stark contrast to a report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for a Livable Future, the organization that initiated “Meatless Mondays.”
Its report, expected to be released Oct. 22, is an update of a report issued in 2008 by the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production that was highly critical of modern food-animal production.
“Many organizations -- including the Pew Commission -- have long criticized the animal agriculture community for not caring enough about their animals or environment or prioritizing public health,” said Alliance President and CEO Kay Johnson Smith. “While there’s always more progress to be made, the entire animal agriculture community has worked hard and has achieved results. Those results should be shared.”
Information for the AAA report was provided by organizations representing beef, chicken, dairy, egg, pork and turkey farmers and ranchers and showcase specific accomplishments in five areas: animal care, responsible antibiotics use, food safety, environmental sustainability and industry research initiatives.
One highlight of the report includes the illness rate from E. coli dropping to less than one case in 100,000 people, meeting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2010 goal.
Additionally, in terms of sustainability, the United States is a model for sustainable livestock production, and less than three percent of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are attributed to livestock production.
The report also explains how agriculture has adapted to the changing landscape, including embracing technology to improve animal well-being and food safety and enhancing productivity to feed a world population that’s expected to increase by 30 percent 2050.
The Alliance will be hosting a teleconference from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday Oct. 22 with various third-party experts to discuss the efforts presented in the Alliance report.
The presenters also will be prepared to answer questions about the Center for a Livable Future’s re-release of the Pew Commission’s 2008 report.
Experts participating in the teleconference include:
* Dr. Richard Raymond, former Under Secretary, Food Safety Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture
* Dr. Scott Hurd, former Deputy Under Secretary, Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture
* Janeen Salak-Johnson, PhD, University of Illinois, Associate Professor Animal Science
* Dr. John Glisson, DVM, MAM, PhD, Retired Department Head of Population Health and former Head of the Department of Avian Medicine, University of Georgia; Vice President, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association
* Dr. Frank Mitloehner, Professor and Air Quality Extension Specialist, Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis
“The varied landscape of livestock and poultry production — farms of all shapes, sizes and production styles — is responsible for the abundance of choices we have at the grocery store and will also be responsible for feeding our growing population,” said Johnson Smith.
A full copy of the report is available on the Alliance website (http://animalagalliance.org/
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
National Geographic Takes On Animal Abuse on Farms
OK. Another ag issue is heating up Twitter.
Go to Twitter and search for #insidesecretamerica. Seems National Geographic Channel has a show called Inside Secret America and did a piece called "Animal Undercover" which aired Wednesday night and again at midnight Thursday.
Twitter is lighting up from farmers across the U.S. ripping the show.
Go to http://tvblogs.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/31/13048/ to read about the National Geographic show. Go to http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/inside-secret-america/video/ to see two videos from the animal show -- one on ag gag laws and one of an undercover investigation.
Here is how the National Geographic website describes the show: "The images are disturbing; animal cruelty and abuse at the hands of food industry workers and research technicians. Van Zeller and Foster first meet with covert animal activists who lead hidden camera exposés that have resulted in increased scrutiny of slaughterhouses, farms and research labs. While activists push for stricter enforcement of animal cruelty laws and increased criminal prosecutions against offenders, industry executives and lawmakers are mounting their own counterattack."
Here are some tweets about the show:
Tim says: Ok, read some tweets about#InsideSecretAmerica...I can assure you my chickens/animals live a better life than I do.
Compassion 4 Animals says: I love the farmers who say they are against animal abuse. Do you also say you murder your animals with care?
Jessica Decker says: Best part of that#insidesecretamerica- all the farmers/ranchers offering to open their doors! Take note America!
Jenni Tilton-Flood says: The only animal "abused"on our family farm is a Deere.
What do you folks think of all this??
Go to Twitter and search for #insidesecretamerica. Seems National Geographic Channel has a show called Inside Secret America and did a piece called "Animal Undercover" which aired Wednesday night and again at midnight Thursday.
Twitter is lighting up from farmers across the U.S. ripping the show.
Go to http://tvblogs.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/31/13048/ to read about the National Geographic show. Go to http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/inside-secret-america/video/ to see two videos from the animal show -- one on ag gag laws and one of an undercover investigation.
Here is how the National Geographic website describes the show: "The images are disturbing; animal cruelty and abuse at the hands of food industry workers and research technicians. Van Zeller and Foster first meet with covert animal activists who lead hidden camera exposés that have resulted in increased scrutiny of slaughterhouses, farms and research labs. While activists push for stricter enforcement of animal cruelty laws and increased criminal prosecutions against offenders, industry executives and lawmakers are mounting their own counterattack."
Here are some tweets about the show:
Tim says: Ok, read some tweets about
Compassion 4 Animals says: I love the farmers who say they are against animal abuse. Do you also say you murder your animals with care?
Jessica Decker says: Best part of that
Jenni Tilton-Flood says: The only animal "abused"on our family farm is a Deere.
What do you folks think of all this??
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Wisconsin Farmer Talks About "Ag Gag" Laws
Interesting view about cameras in the barn from a Southern Wisconsin dairy farmer.
Go to http://dairycarrie.com/2013/04/16/aggag/ to read it.
Leave comments on what you think here on my blog.
Go to http://dairycarrie.com/2013/04/16/aggag/ to read it.
Leave comments on what you think here on my blog.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Should It Be a Crime to Film Undercover Animal Abuse at Farms?
So, folks, what do you think of this?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/us/taping-of-farm-cruelty-is-becoming-the-crime.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0
Reminds all of us of the case a couple of years ago against Willet Dairy, in Cayuga County. After two investigations, the dairy and its owners were found to have done nothing illegal. But one employee was charged with hitting a cow with a tool.
The investigations stemmed from what Mercy for Animals said was an undercover video takenby someone who worked undercover at Willet Dairy. Mercy for Animals, a Chicago-based animal rights organization that advocates a vegan diet, broadcast the video in 2009, stating it showed what the group called inhumane treatment of cows and calves.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/us/taping-of-farm-cruelty-is-becoming-the-crime.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0
Reminds all of us of the case a couple of years ago against Willet Dairy, in Cayuga County. After two investigations, the dairy and its owners were found to have done nothing illegal. But one employee was charged with hitting a cow with a tool.
The investigations stemmed from what Mercy for Animals said was an undercover video takenby someone who worked undercover at Willet Dairy. Mercy for Animals, a Chicago-based animal rights organization that advocates a vegan diet, broadcast the video in 2009, stating it showed what the group called inhumane treatment of cows and calves.
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