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?
Education & Reference
Animal Rights On The March
How animal rightists are bringing new meaning to the pledge "with liberty and justice for all." Washington, watch out.
DNR steps on toes with partnership
Spring has sprung and the 2010 class of wild ones is appearing on the Wisconsin landscape.
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)...
Science before legislation
In the U.S., the individual gestation stall for sows is being banned based on perception, not science, and that has Janeen Salak-Johnson, a University of Illinois associate professor in animal science, looking for answers......
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.