The so-called 'Save Our Bacon Act' is nothing but a giveaway to Big-Ag that would gut protections against cruel factory farming—overturning laws that ban extreme confinement of pigs, hens, and calves, and make all of our food less healthy. We can't let Congress strip states of their right to demand better for animals, our environment, and public health.
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it still strikes me as so horrible and upsetting that we live in a world where billions of adorable baby chicks are constantly being fed into machines that grind and shred them to pieces because they are not useful to us
Here's what the pork industry doesn't want you to know about the way it sneaked a provision into the 2026 farm bill that would nullify ballot measures that improve animal welfare, while helping Chinese companies torture American pigs. The issue is personal to me, because we once raised pigs on our family farm, and I saw that these are not commodities but animals rather like dogs: smart with very distinct personalities. A naughty boy who punishes a single animal may be punished, but an adult who presides over the systematic abuse of hundreds of thousands of pigs as a business model is hailed as a visionary CEO -- and voters get that, and that's why they have backed laws that improve animal wellbeing. This is, remarkably, an issue that unites many liberals and conservatives alike; @TomiLahren, @Cernovich and @IngrahamAngle are among those who have been outspoken on this issue. I hope R and D members of Congress alike will stand firm, for the stakes are immense, with four pigs slaughtered around the clock on average all year. Here's a gift link to my piece: https://t.co/NWQbJK6JTc I welcome your comments.
Truly disturbing that the American Veterinary Medical Association (@AVMAvets) is lobbying Congress to keep pigs in tiny crates.
Welfare scientist Donald Broom said it's "much worse than severely beating an animal."
Seems like a clear violation of the veterinarian's oath.
During the General Session of the World Organization for Animal Health, Humane World for Animals Mexico joined an international panel centered on fundamental standards of treatment of animals transported by land, sea and air. https://t.co/t9mGWzsiey
" ‘What we and others have found is the types of microbes that like to eat pulse fiber are beneficial microbes, and the microbes that tend to be associated with diseases are suppressed by pulse consumption,’ Thompson said.”
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The @dodo just released a 30-minute documentary all about a calf rescue, from a dairy farm to a sanctuary... And it was made by my good friend Joanna Zelman. Watch here: https://t.co/0bjNiat0iO
Famous animal welfare scientist Donald Broom said that confining pigs in gestation crates is “much worse than severely beating an animal.” So it says a lot that some meat industry groups, pork companies, and members of Congress are fighting to defend the practice. New story:
🌍 Happy 100th Birthday, Sir David! 🎉
Summing up everything you have done for nature and our planet in a few words simply isn't possible. Humane World for Animals has a special birthday message to thank you for inspiring millions of us to protect the natural world and all those we share it with.
We hope you have a brilliant day!