The movement by U.S. food corporations toward more humane treatment of animals experienced a whopper of a shift Wednesday when Burger King announced that all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and pigs by 2017. The decision by the third largest American burger chain raises the bar for other companies seeking [...]
Not satisfied with the conventional dog or cat as a lone pet at home, many animal lovers are taking their husbandry to a new level with new methods and new species (at least to most domestic scenes). Dogs and cats, yes. but add now to the family mix chickens, lizards, pigs and any number of [...]
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SOUTH BEND— The Area Board of Zoning Appeals on Wednesday denied a request by an Osceola couple to keep farm animals in the backyard of a home in the 10800 block of Star Avenue. Ronald and Audrey Foulks had sought to keep the animals – chickens and geese, mostly — on about 0.415 acres of [...]
Burger King pledged recently that by 2017, they will only serve eggs and pork from cage-free chicken and pigs. the pledge marks an attempt to increase sales and satisfy consumer demand for humanely treated food. What implications does this announcement have for the fast food industry? The move towards improving the treatment of animals and increasing [...]
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Inside a dimly lit barn in northeast Indiana, where the air smells faintly of corn and earth, the future of China’s food supply is squealing for attention. A farmhand shuffles through the crowd of pigs inside pen 7E3, patting their fleshy pink backs and checking their water trough. the animals here at the Whiteshire Hamroc [...]
I decided to keep chickens, because (a) I want the fresh eggs (great nutrition) and (b) they were a much simpler alternative to larger livestock i.e. pigs. the fact that my new (old) farmhouse came with a chicken coop just made the decision that much more obvious. Hey, you give up the city life you [...]
by James Jordan Newton Kansan HESSTON — Warren and Kristey Hochstetler of rural Hesston were fortunate when a tornado whipped through their yard, damaging buildings but leaving their house pretty much unscathed, Saturday. Wednesday, they felt fortunate again as several students from Hesston College showed up and helped clear up debris from their property. “We [...]
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Burger King — the wildly popular fast-food chain and perceived public enemy to all things healthy, sustainable, and humane — has made a landmark decision to source its eggs and pork exclusively from cage-free chickens and pigs. Not tomorrow, of course; but by the year 2017. But Burger King is the only fast food company [...]
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Thriving livestock-rearing business at Riverton could be hazardous, say public health specialists BY CONRAD HAMILTON Sunday Observer senior reporter hamiltonc@jamaicaobserver.com Sunday, February 26, 2012 A ‘silent killer’ is how one local public health specialist has described the possible effect of meat obtained from pigs and cattle that are fattened and then sold to butchers in [...]
POLICE have raided a property in Melbourne's west over the alleged illegal slaughter of animals including dogs and goats. Police seized drugs, stolen vehicles and firearms from the Rockbank property during the operation, which also involved the RSPCA, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Prime Safe and Melton Council. Authorities discovered the bizarre hoard at 7.30am [...]
