7 Out of 10 Americans Wrongly Believe HSUS is a Pet-Shelter "Umbrella Group"
Consumer Group Reminds Americans that Less than One Percent of Donations to HSUS Benefit Local Pet Shelters
Education & Reference
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A survey of 1,008 adults nationwide was conducted by phone between Feb. 25 and Feb. 28, 2010 by Opinion Research Corp.
Animal Rights On The March
How animal rightists are bringing new meaning to the pledge "with liberty and justice for all." Washington, watch out.
Animals Don’t Have Rights, But Humans Do Have Duties
In a 1986 interview with Washingtonian magazine, Ingrid Newkirk, the founder and still president of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, made a provocative statement that continues to be noticed today.
Antibiotics provide solutions
There is much discussion surrounding the use of antibiotics in food producing animals and the risk of resistance that may result. According to Dr. Scott Hurd of Iowa State University, the risk is very minimal...
Are You Ready For An Agriculture Emergency?
The 2007 Ag Census from the USDA indicated that there were 656,475 operations specializing in beef cattle ranching and farming...
Bags Fly Free (But So Do Animal-Rights Commercials)
Facebook is a marvelous thing. On Friday I posted a note describing a Thursday night incident that an Ohio pork producer told me about.
Check out this really cool video!
World food production will need to double by the year 2050 in order to head off mass hunger, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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Support your local animal shelter if you want to help companion animals.
Cute Kittens, Playful Puppies & HSUS Lies
Like many pet lovers, it’s hard for me to resist a fuzzy little kitten or puppy dog playing. I was the official kitten rescuer on our farm and saved the lives of several by bottle feeding them.
DNR steps on toes with partnership
Spring has sprung and the 2010 class of wild ones is appearing on the Wisconsin landscape.
Egg Safety
Due to the recent egg recall, you may be wondering if eggs are safe to eat....
Eggs: What we buy, pay, want
American consumers buy eggs from cage housing systems by a margin of more than 40 to one over eggs from cage-free systems, according to data from Information Resources Inc. (IRI)...
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Ohioans for Humane Farms is collecting signatures to put a proposed constitutional amendment on the Nov. ballot.
Farm animal organization kicking off petition drive
Ohioans should brace for another round of intense political fighting over the welfare of farm animals.
Farmer beware, some things to consider when hiring farm workers
Hiring new employees can be a tedious process, no matter what kind of business you operate. You want people who will work hard, do the job right, be honest and represent your operation in a good way.
For livestock farmers, hiring has become increasingly complicated...
Food, Mommy! Blog: Agriculture's Worst Enemies May Be Farmers
Even with all of the challenges farmers face such as weather, market prices, disease, and pests, I am convinced the agriculture industry’s worst enemies are farmers themselves.
Four Arguments Against Animal Rightists
A few days ago we blogged about Wesley J. Smith’s latest book, A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement. A Missouri firm named Food-Chain Communications recently sent out an interesting e-newsletter with four arguments against the animal rights movement...
Get This: HSUS Targeting 4-H Kids
As a kid, 4-H consumed my life. Through this youth program, I was able to try new things and learn from my experiences. Whether it was judging photography, showing steers and heifers, competing in speaking contests or making fun crafts...
HSUS Lawsuit: Friedlander v. Brunner (2010)
In Friedlander v. Brunner, the Humane Society of the United States sought to invalidate an Ohio law holding that only residents of the state can gather signatures to put a legislative initiative on the ballot.
Is chocolate milk ban-worthy?
Chocolate milk in school lunches continues to garner attention. Last week Santa Monica-Malibu schools in California decided to buck the current trend...
Is there a connection?
HumaneWatch.org asks: Was the Mercy For Animals video pushed into the spotlight in order to give the Humane Society of the United States some new talking points for its Ohio political signature-gathering campaign?
Jonathan Safran Foer on Comedy Central's Colbert Nation
Jonathan Safran Foer says the U.S. farm system is perfectly antithetical to American values. (05:22)
Katie Couric's 3-minute “Factory Farm” Barrage
The fact that she used the term “factory farm” or “factory farming” five times in a three-minute period probably showed her bias.
Mastio: It's not all about saving puppies at the activist Humane Society
The Humane Society of the United States sparked quite the controversy last week, beginning with accusing the Iowa egg industry of animal abuse and ending with sniping between the group and Rep. Steve King.
Pigs and people matter
At this Iowa pork farm, management decisions are based on what's in the best interest of the pigs as well as family members that work in the barns.
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After discovering PTC was making donations to HSUS, farmers mobilized on Twitter to flood the brand's Facebook page.
Pilot Travel Centers puts its support behind agriculture
Faced with a major pushback from agriculture over donations by its customers and employees to The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Pilot Travel Centers (PTC) of Knoxville, Tenn., today issued a statement...
Proper antibiotic-use helps prevent livestock disease
Antibiotic use in livestock has been a source of controversy in the United States, but a Purdue University animal scientist said it can be an effective method of disease prevention and treatment when used correctly.