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ACTION ALERT: Help Stop McDonald's Cruelty Now!
Animals  (tags: Mcdonalds, cruelty, chickens, abused, inhumane )

Simone
- 6 days ago - secure.peta.org
In the slaughterhouses of McDonald's U.S. and Canadian chicken suppliers, birds are dumped out of their transport crates and hung upside-down in metal shackles, which often results in broken bones, extreme bruising, and hemorrhaging. Workers have the
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He Tramps on Me - I Can't Fight Back, But You Can Fight for Me. TAKE ACTION!
Animals  (tags: chickens, farm market, abuse, abused, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, cruelty, investigation, protection, slaughter, suffering )

Eureka
- 10 days ago - lgbtcompassion.org
Just look at this abuse! To date the district attorney refuses to prosecute these abusers. Write and insist that valid Sections of 597 be applied to protect the poultry from abuse - the world's most abused animals. ACT NOW! Sample letter below.
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California Egg Farmers Squawk Over Proposition 2 Space Requirements for Chickens
Animals  (tags: animals, chickens, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 18 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
When Proposition 2 was approved by voters last year, many in the animal welfare community saw the legislation as landmark for the treatment of the state's farm animals. Proposition 2 decreed, among other things, that egg-laying hens in California have
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Ex-Battery Hens Need Good Homes
Animals  (tags: animals, chickens, battery hens, rescued, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 19 days ago - rspca.org.uk
The RSPCA Southridge Animal Centre in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, currently has a number of ex-battery hens looking for good and caring new homes.
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Pet Shop Owner Fills Urban Chickens' Need to Feed -- and Scratch
Animals  (tags: animals, chickens, food, pets, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection )

Cher
- 20 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
When Liz Perry opened her doors at Nutzy Mutz & Crazy Catz in the heart of Madison, Wis., the pet-supply shop owner figured that she carried everything a green-living, animal-loving Midwestern pet owner could want.
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Take the No Battery Eggs Pledge ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, chickens, battery cages, India, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 21 days ago - community.hsus.org
Across India, approximately 100 million laying hens are living out their lives in small, wire battery cages. These cages are so tiny that the birds cannot fully stretch their wings, walk, or engage in many other natural behaviors. The majority of the
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Jane - One Tiny Chicken Foot...
Animals  (tags: animals, chickens, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection )

Cher
- 26 days ago - all-creatures.org
While in Toronto, Ontario on investigation into the Maple Leaf chickens slaughter plant located in the city, I saw an empty chicken transport trailer. It was completely clean (it had just gone through their pressure washer), except for one tiny chicken
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25,000 Are Dead, But "No One" Is Hurt, and Others Were "Spared"
Animals  (tags: animals, chickens, turkeys, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection )

Cher
- 27 days ago - animalrights.change.org
On my post "Thousands of Chickens Burn Alive; CCF Is Amused" this past week, commenter Sue remarked, "I'm surprised the media didn't use the typical 'no one was killed' line, when reporting the story."
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Chicken Rescuers Share Their Stories
Animals  (tags: animals, chickens, rescued, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection )

Cher
- 31 days ago - strikingattheroots.wordpress.com
Chickens. Intelligent, inquisitive, loving, loyal, courageous. They're also victims of some of the worst abuses in animal agribusiness. From battery cages to the broiler shed, chickens suffer to feed humanity's hunger for cheap animal protein.
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Thousands of Chickens Burn Alive; CCF Is Amused
Animals  (tags: animals, chickens, fire, death, burned alive, CCF, AnimalWelfare, environment, suffering, protection )

Cher
- 32 days ago - animalrights.change.org
The Center for Consumer Freedom and its unscrupulous mouthpiece are fond of pretending that they do care about at least basic animal welfare but that they're just "normal" about it, as opposed to those of us who are extreme--that is, those of us who
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Act Now to Protect Turkeys and Chickens in Canada - Video
Animals  (tags: animals, turkey, chickens, slaughter, death, killed )

Maria
- 36 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Canadian Food Inspection Agency records indicate that every year more than 2 million birds arrive at the slaughterhouse dead. This video produced by the Canadians for the Ethical Treatment of Food Animals (CETFA) explains why.
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Cruelty to Turkeys and Chickens in Canada !
Animals  (tags: animals, birds, chickens, turkeys, cruelty, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 39 days ago - cetfa.com
Our most recent report entitled Broken Wings: The Breakdown of Animal Protection in the Transportation and Slaughter of Meat Poultry in Canada, documents why. The report reveals the shocking way birds are raised, handled, transported and slaughtered in
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Help Stop McDonald's Cruelty Now ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, cruelty, McDonalds, chickens, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 40 days ago - change.org
Almost everyone has heard of McDonald's, and most people have eaten at the chain at least once, but many people don't know about the horrific cruelty that goes into every portion of chicken served under the Golden Arches.
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Urge Defra to Reject Higher Stocking Densities for Chickens ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, chickens, AnimalCruelty, environment, suffering, protection )

Cher
- 45 days ago - action.peta.org.uk
As if factory farming weren't already cruel enough, the UK government is currently considering changing the welfare laws for chickens raised for meat - for the worse. Farming Minister Jane Kennedy is currently considering introducing European Union
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Sign Petition: Make Sure Animal Interests Are Included in the USDA Roadmap (REE-2009-0001)
Animals  (tags: animals, protection, suffering, slaughter, killing, cruelty, death, animalwelfare, environment, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, factory, farms, research, education, government, politics, USDA )

Tom
- 51 days ago - secure2.convio.net
Please urge the USDA to ensure that its new roadmap provides the necessary support for animal welfare research and education committed to the needs and interests of animals. Help Farm Sanctuary make the most of this opportunity before it's too late!
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