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Genetically Modified Live Vaccine for Livestock Farming ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, vaccines, factory farming, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 30 days ago - umweltinstitut.org
In Spring 2012 in Germany, the release rather than one genetically engineered live bacterial vaccine for horses. of the U.S. Merck Group owned pharmaceutical company Intervet is planning a three-year large-scale experiment with a total of 240 foals and
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Shocking 'Routine' Abuse to Dairy Calves Exposed on National Radio | An Audio Recording of a Radio Program | Animals Australia
Animals  (tags: bobby calves, prematurely born calves, slaughter, milk production, dairy, dairy industry, factory farming, Animals Australia, animal rights, animal advocates, audio recording, radio program )

Sylvie
- 194 days ago - animalsaustralia.org
Animals Australia's campaign to expose the plight of bobby calves sparkled an in-depth public discussion on 'Bush Telegraph' on ABC's Radio National. Hear from AA Executive Director G. Oogjes, D. Bashman from Australian Dairy Farmers, and dairy farmers...
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ACTION ALERT: Stop Paying the Price for Factory Farming! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: factory farming, subsides, united kingdom, animal welfare, animals abused, farm animals, regulations, laws )

Simone
- 196 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
On average, each UK citizen shells out nearly £8 per month in taxes towards EU farming subsidies. In total, European citizens pay over £45 billion a year into the Common Agricultural Policy. Disgracefully, the CAP does little to protect our animals.
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ACTION ALERT: Urge the U.S.D.A to Restrict the Number of Animals Allowed on Factory Farms! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: USDA, animals, imprisoned, farm animals, legalisation, welfare, factory farming, cruelty, laws )

Simone
- 202 days ago - forcechange.com
In a country that limits the number of pets per household and horses per acre the failure to address the overcrowding of animals on factory farms is a terrible injustice. Factory farms are designed to push animals and animal populations beyond acceptable
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The Real Cost of 'Cage Eggs' | Animals Australia | Video
Animals  (tags: laying hens, battery cages, cage eggs, factory farming, factory-farmed animals, diet, animal abuse, animal cruelty, animal welfare, animal advocates, Animals Australia )

Sylvie
- 204 days ago - animalsaustralia.org
It's easy to forget in the bright lights of the supermarket that each 'cage egg' has taken the average battery hen around 30 stressful hours of intense confinement to produce. Don't buy into animal cruelty! Opt for free-range or EGG-FREE alternative.
21 comments
ACTION ALERT: Prohibit Transportation, Sale, Purchase or Possession of Genetically Engineered Fish! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: salmon, factory farming, fish, legalisation, protection, laws )

Simone
- 204 days ago - all-creatures.org
[Ed. Note: This is an animal rights issue; genetically engineered fish suffer immensely, as well as causing horrible problems for fish in the wild when they "escape" from their "fish farms" which they do.]
12 comments
Take Action for Bobby Calves: What You Never Knew About Dairy | Animals Australia
Animals  (tags: bobby calves, dairy industry, factory farming, CAFOs, slaughter, cow's milk, diary, animal cruelty, animal rights, animal advocates )

Sylvie
- 204 days ago - animalsaustralia.org
The treatment of bobby calves has been a long-held secret of the dairy industry. For the sake of milk products, the Australian dairy industry discards some 700,000 unwanted week-old calves as 'waste products' every year. Please sign the petition!
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Australian Chicken Cruelty Investigation | Animals Australia | Video
Animals  (tags: chicken, factory-farmed chicken, poultry farming, factory farming, diet, animal cruelty, animal abuse, animal rights, investigation )

Sylvie
- 204 days ago - animalsaustralia.org
An Animals Australia investigation into one of Australia's largest chicken meat suppliers has revealed shocking and routine animal cruelty. Chicken meat from all major chicken meat companies are factory farmed. Here's what their ads won't show you...
15 comments
Take Action for Pigs | Lucy Speaks Out for Pigs | Animals Australia
Animals  (tags: pigs, factory-farmed pigs, factory farming, meat industry, diet, animal cruelty, animal abuse, animal rights, animal advocates )

Sylvie
- 205 days ago - animalsaustralia.org
Most of the pork, ham and bacon sold in AU comes from factory-farmed pigs. Driven by profits, the pork industry has ignored the suffering of these sensitive animals. Caring consumers who make compassionate & cruelty-free purchases are the key to change.
31 comments
ACTION ALERT: Stop This Use of Farrowing Crates!!! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: sow stalls, farrowing crates, imprisonment, suffering, horrendous cruelty, factory farming, animal welfare )

Simone
- 228 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
This is called a farrowing crate for nursing mothers on factory farms in America. She cannot get to her young, the baby behind her is dying in blood. She can hear the babies cries for help and she can do nothing to save her baby.
26 comments
ACTION ALERT: Extend Animal Cruelty Laws to Factory Farm Animals ! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: factory farming, farm animals, imprisoned, abused, mistreated, laws, legalisation, protection )

Simone
- 228 days ago - gopetition.com.au
Every year in the U.S. approximately 10 billion farm animals are subject to extensive suffering and inhumane living conditions in factory farms that no animal kept as a pet would ever experience.
23 comments
ACTION ALERT: Stop Unsanitary Conditions and Cruel Treatment on Industrial Farms! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: factory farming, farm animals imprisoned, abused, deplorable conditions, welfare, protection laws, legalisation )

Simone
- 268 days ago - forcechange.com
Animal rights workers and investigative reporters visit farms throughout the country to ensure the animals are healthy and safe. This has lead to the exposing of inhumane farms and slaughterhouses, some of whom face legal issues or get shut down.
21 comments
ACTION ALERT: SAY NO TO INTENSIVE CATTLE FARMS ! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: cattle, cruelty, factory farming, enviorment, imprisoned, suffering )

Simone
- 269 days ago - change.org
Intensive cattle farms are concentration camps for cows where they live a life of pain, torture and suffering. Moreover, intensive cattle farms emit high levels of air, water and soil pollution.
23 comments
PETITION ALERT: Stop the Cruelty Given to Farm Animals! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: farm animals, factory farming, farm animals, abused, exploitated, killed, congress, protection, welfare, regulations )

Simone
- 274 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
A factory farm is a large-scale industrial operation that houses hundereds or thousands of food animals (such as chickens, turkeys, cows and pigs) in extremely cramped conditions and treats them as non-sentient economic commodities.
36 comments
The Dangerous Psychology of Factory Farming
Animals  (tags: farming, factory farming, industrial agriculture, psychological aspects, history of farrming, ethics, emotions, animals sentient beings )

Judy
- 274 days ago - theatlantic.com
When I recently challenged Bill on the ethics of industrial agriculture, he smiled and shook his head, insisting that the cows he fattened and slaughtered were of no more moral worth than the iron grates that enclosed them.
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