Animal Agriculture
The animal protection group Mercy for Animals has released an undercover investigation into the suffering of pigs in a Nebraska farm while issuing a call to action to oppose the EATS Act Los Angeles, August 18, 2023 — The California-based animal protection organization Mercy for Animals (MfA) just released a new exposé of yet another pig farm, this one in Nebraska.
Two fascinating, new, animal rights books address our current climate crisis and the need for legal personhood for animals Los Angeles, August 11th, 2023 — New Zealand author M C Ronen and American authors Sam and Cynthia Machado have produced two very different animal rights books.
The animal rights organization Lady Freethinker has released new footage of Sumatra’s dog meat trade in Indonesia, sparking a global backlash Los Angeles, July 14th, 2023 — Nina Jackel, the vegan activist also known as Lady Freethinker who runs an animal rights media organization under the same name, is famous for coalescing a global response to injustice.
An undercover investigation by the animal protection organization Animal Outlook into a facility that raised chickens for Tyson Foods has led to calls for prosecuting the meat company giant Los Angeles, July 11th, 2023 — A new investigation of a Virginia chicken breeding facility, that produced birds for the meat company giant Tyson Foods, is making headlines.
The activists in the Canada 11 case, convicted for entering a pig farm in Quebec to expose animal cruelty, have now been sentenced after more than three years of waiting Los Angeles, June 27th, 2023 — As animal rights protesters held a rally outside court, 11 activists (10 Canadians and one American) known as the Canada 11, were finally sentenced by a judge in Quebec.
Plant Based Treaty’s campaigners have set up a free vegan food truck in front of the Bonn Climate Conference in Germany to demand 100% plant-based catering Bonn, Germany, June 11, 2023 — For the second year running, climate activists have parked a food truck at the entrance of the World Conference Center in Germany planning to distribute 2000 free vegan hot dogs to show Bonn Climate Conference delegates that a transition to a plant-based food system is essential to addressing rising food-related greenhouse gas emissions.
11 activists, 10 Canadian women and one US non-binary person, convicted for entering a pig farm in Quebec to expose the animal cruelty there, were just sentenced Updated: Los Angeles, June 23rd, 2023 — Three years after a group of eleven activists entered a pig breeding facility in Quebec, Canada, and live-streamed the horrific conditions, they finally received their sentences.
The new book Humane Hoax exposes the myth of Happy Meat, Humane Dairy, Ethical Eggs, and other forms of modern propaganda from the animal agriculture industry. Los Angeles, May 7th, 2023 — Lantern Publishing & Media has a new book titled “The Humane Hoax: Essays Exposing the Myth of Happy Meat, Humane Dairy, and Ethical Eggs.” It features a range of thought-provoking essays from 18 experts who lay out every aspect of animal agriculture’s modern propaganda machine.
Tracy Murphy, the founder of Asha’s Farm Sanctuary in New York, is being prosecuted after she gave refuge to two cows who wandered onto her sanctuary’s property Los Angeles, May 1st, 2023 — Tracy Murphy is the founder of Asha’s Farm Sanctuary, a refuge for abused cows, pigs and chickens in upstate New York.
Vegan activist Curtis Vollmar was found guilty of criminal trespass and disorderly conduct after leafleting at a park in Utah. Los Angeles, April 28th, 2023 — Beaver County Judge Shadrach Bradshaw found Curtis Vollmar, a vegan activist from the animal rights organization Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), guilty of criminal trespass and disorderly conduct after he was confronted by police while leafleting about Smithfield Foods, at a park in Utah.