Dirty horrendous poultry mega-farms exposé

German newspaper exposes dirty, unhealthy, cheap and egregiously cruel practices in industrial poultry "mega-farms" in multi-part series. http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,746081,00.html

Today's reason for why we don't eat animals

Treatment of downed cows. Yeah, it matters. Article at

Video accessible here.

And: why many humans are absolutely the most inhumane, stupid and perverse creatures created by God. Enough to make me support the death penalty except for the commandment against killing. You want these people walking your streets or near your kids?

Farm Sanctuary: saved from the slaughterhouse

"Rescued from slaughterhouses, stockyards and other “food animal” production facilities, these creatures find themselves in a bucolic idyll run by vegan activists.... They are more interested in improving the appalling conditions under which animals become food." Good folks running an interesting alternative farm - read on.

Life, and Death, on a Factory Farm

Click the headline to a link about HBO's new undercover documentary, Death on a Factory Farm. That webpage links to schedule, video preview, and resources such as Humane Farming Association. BTW, you don't have to be into animal rights to take a stand against animal cruelty. See TIME for an interview with an undercover agent at http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1883742,00.html

Downed Cow Legislative News

Long-accepted in this country has been the abuse of downer cattle—animals too sick or injured to walk. Wayne Pacelle, chief of the Humane Society of the United States, reports that on March 14, President Obama announced that the USDA was officially putting a stop to non-ambulatory cattle being mishandled on the way to slaughter plants. In December 2003, a downer cow tested positive for mad cow disease in Washington state; in response, some 50 nations banned U.S. beef imports, and the federal government tried in vain to recall meat. Economic fall-out of that incident: $11 billion. We oppose mistreatment and cruelty regardless of economic impact, but sadly in this world, animals suffer in silence while money talks.

Where your eggs come from

Click title link and see what really goes on