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Farm Sanctuary Releases Statement Corroborating Abuse Captured By PETA's Undercover Investigation of Iowa Pig Farm
Animals  (tags: animalcruelty, pigs, pork industry )

Cristina
- 22 days ago - farmsanctuary.org
Pigs rescued from Midwest floods now residing at Farm Sanctuary show signs of systemic abuse throughout pork industry
Please Call Hormel To Stop Pig Abuse
Animals  (tags: animals, abuse, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, investigation, pigs, hormel )

Saving
- 23 days ago - cnn.com
People like this need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law not just terminated. Termination isn't enough. Thx Hormel! Leave these these pathetic people unemployed to roam our streets around our children. How about pushing for prosecution?
From Hell to Hog Heaven!
Animals  (tags: pigs, rescued, animals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, environment, habitat, protection, pets )

Cher
- 108 days ago - pasadosafehaven.org
There were squeals of joy today from the humans and three special little pigs who arrived to their new home at the Pasado's sanctuary! They had just taken the joy ride of their life as they crossed over the mountains from Wenatchee, WA where they had
Stranded Pigs Shot To Save Iowa Levees, Nearly A Dozen Pigs Escaped Farm For Higher Ground, But Became Stuck On Sandbags - CBS N
Animals  (tags: Flooding, Iowa, pigs, animals )

Madras
- 112 days ago - cbsnews.com
Luck ran out for about a dozen pigs who escaped their flooded farm, swam to safety through raging floodwaters and scrambled atop a sandbag levee in southeastern Iowa. They were shot because their hooves punctured the plastic of the sandbags...
Pigs Shot to Protect Flood Levee
Animals  (tags: cruelty, murder, animalcruelty, pigs )

Michael
- 113 days ago - news.aol.com
Luck ran out for about a dozen pigs who escaped their flooded farm, swam through raging floodwaters and scrambled atop a sandbag levee in southeastern Iowa.Des Moines County sheriff's officials shot the pigs Tuesday.
Pigs on Sandbag Levee Shot and Killed
Animals  (tags: pigs, shot and killed, Iowa, flood, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, AnimalCruelty )

Cher
- 114 days ago - news.aol.com
Luck ran out for about a dozen pigs who escaped their flooded farm, swam through raging floodwaters and scrambled atop a sandbag levee in southeastern Iowa. Des Moines County sheriff's officials shot the pigs Tuesday, not long after they reached the
Is Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Pig Latin for "Enough Is Enough"?
Animals  (tags: MRSA, pigs, farms, bacterial infections, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection )

Cher
- 117 days ago - pasadosafehaven.org
First, a new study presented at the annual American Society for Microbiology in Boston found high rates of a drug resistant bacteria in pig farms located in Iowa and Illinois. University of Iowa Department of Epidemiology researchers found MRSA
Piglets Give Food for Thought
Animals  (tags: pigs, happy story, protection, humans, research, society, humans, interesting, children, women, research, healthcare, humans, AlternativeMed, study, prevention, illness, Body-Mind-Spirit, animals, pets, wildanimals, wildanimals, animaladvocates )

Kim
- 134 days ago - wiltshiretimes.co.uk
TRIO of baby farm animals donated to a working farm for disadvantaged people are hogging the limelight this week.
Europe Gets Bullish on Animal Rights Issues
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, animalrights, ethics, pets, habitat, society, GoodNews, dogs, cats, horses, pigs, bull fighting, Europe )

Jeffrey
- 153 days ago - chron.com
Perhaps the strongest measures are in Switzerland, where a law taking effect Sept. 1-08 requires dog owners to pay for and finish a two-part training course. Among the lessons: theory on recognizing the needs of the animal and practical application...
Pet and Former Farm Pig Canned Hunted! Sign Petition!!
Animals  (tags: pigs, pets, animals, canned hunting, animals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, protection, environment )

Cher
- 156 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Justice For Fred, the Pet and former Farm Pig Who Was Canned Hunted, and left to die for 3 hours. The circular argument "We can not do enforcement because its not a pet, not wildlife, not slaughtered as a farm animal" is simply unacceptable.
Tests Find Killer MRSA Bug Common in German Piggeries
Animals  (tags: MRSA, pigs, pig farms, Germany, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 159 days ago - earthtimes.org
Killer staphylococcus germs which defy antibiotics and which are rampant in some hospitals are also widespread on German farm pigs, health officials said Monday. Spot tests were ordered after last year's revelation that the germs are widespread in Dutch
New Breed of Pig Pets! Video!
Animals  (tags: new breed, pigs, pets, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection )

Cher
- 162 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A new special breed of pigs have been reared in Devon to match a new trend of keeping the animals as pets.
Make Australian Mothers Day MEMORABLE !
Animals  (tags: Mothersday, Pigs, farm factories, suffering, gift, help needed )

Bea
- 165 days ago - animalsaustralia.org
And help create a kinder world for THOUSAND of Mothers!
Dakota, Natoka & Lakota Warriors Gather To Protest Hog Farm Construction Near Preschool : Indybay
Animals  (tags: pig, pigs, farm, farming, native, americans, protest )

Alf
- 167 days ago - indybay.org
Native People are gathering to protest the construction of Longview Hog Farm near a Headstart Preschool facility that hosts Native children. They are standing in protection of the children fully aware of the environmental and health hazards hogfarms produ
Full Boar as Birthday Boy Pigs Out
Animals  (tags: pigs, rescued, sanctuary, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 174 days ago - news.com.au
EDGAR Alan Pig was swined and dined yesterday as hundreds of animal lovers celebrated his fifth birthday. The 250kg porker is living in luxury after Pam Ahern saved his bacon and made him the face of Kilmore animal sanctuary, Edgar's Mission.
 

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