New Hampshire, Wyoming, and Nebraska Introduce Ag-Gag Laws
New Hampshire, Wyoming, and Nebraska are the latest states to introduce so-called Ag-Gag laws. Those laws make it illegal for activists and journalists to go undercover to expose animal abuse on...
View ArticleCenter for Food Integrity Launches Ag Gag Whistleblower Initiative
The Center for Food Integrity (CFI) has launched a new initiative called See it? Stop it! It gives farm workers the tools to take action to stop animal abuse, neglect, mistreatment, and harm. The...
View ArticleFive Workers at Wyoming Premium Farms Convicted of Animal Cruelty
The Humane Society has released a press statement about the five employees from the Wheatland, Wyoming Premium Farms facility that have been convicted on multiple counts of cruelty to animals after...
View ArticleWhite House Budget Has No Funding for Horse Slaughter Inspection
The White House 2014 budget does not have any funding for horse slaughter inspection. There is no money available to inspect horse meat under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Federal Agriculture...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Ag Gag Bill Pulled by Author
The Humane Society of the United States is announcing that the California anti-whistleblower “ag gag” legislation, AB 343, that was backed by the California Cattlemen’s Association, was pulled by the...
View ArticleHumane Society Urges Tennessee Governor to Veto Ag Gag Bill
The Humane Society of the United States is urging Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam to veto that state’s ag gag bill. SB 1248 would make it a crime for reputable non-profit organizations and journalists...
View ArticleEgg Products Inspection Act Introduced to Congress
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013, a bill that would establish a national standard for humane treatment of egg-laying hens and the labeling...
View ArticleAg Gag Bill Fails in Indiana
The Indiana legislature failed to pass S.B. 373, a bill which would have criminalized whistleblowers who expose animal abuse. These so-called “ag gag” laws have been introduced and passed in several...
View ArticleAnimal Rights Groups Oppose Feinstein’s Egg Bill
Animal rights groups, including the Humane Farming Association, Friends of Animals, and SAFE, are opposing the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013 sponsored by Senator Dianne Feinstein....
View ArticleTennessee Governor Haslam Vetoes Ag Gag Bill
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has vetoed the so-called ag gag bill that had passed the legislature in his state. That bill had been opposed by the Humane Society and other groups since it criminalizes...
View ArticleHouse Farm Amendment BIll Would Strike Down Anti-Cruelty Laws
An amendment sponsored by Rep. Steve King (R-IA) would prohibit states from enacting laws that prevent animal cruelty on farms. The bill would stop state governments from placing conditions on means of...
View ArticleUSDA Inspector Uncovers Tyson Slaughterhouse Crime
According to the Government Accountability Project, a federal food safety inspector uncovered violations of humane handling regulations at a USDA-regulated Tyson Foods plant in Iowa. Jim Schrier was a...
View ArticleHumane Society Says Ag-Gag Bills Hide Animal Cruelty
The Humane Society of the United States is asking consumers to sign their pledge to fight anti-whistleblower “ag-gag” bills being passed in states around the country. These bills are often sponsored by...
View ArticleTyson Foods Drops Farm Caught Abusing Animals
Tyson Foods has severed a contract with West Coast Farms in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma after Mercy for Animals filmed employees hitting, kicking, and throwing animals, sticking fingers in their eyes,...
View ArticleHumane Society Video Shuts Down Catelli Brothers for Abuse
The Humane Society of the United States taped an undercover video at Catelli Brothers, a calf slaughter plant in Shrewsbury, New Jersey that found horrific abuse and mistreatment. The USDA shut down...
View ArticleFish Oil Craze Wiping Out Rare Shark
The health craze for consuming fish oil, which is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, is wiping out the whale shark, a rare species that is vulnerable to extinction. The sharks eat plankton and grow up to 40...
View ArticleHumane Society Against Idaho Ag-Gag Law
The Humane Society of the United States is running television ads in Idaho opposing a bill proposed there to ban undercover investigations, also known as ag-gag laws. An investigation in 2012 by Mercy...
View ArticleLegislators Urge USDA to Ban Downer Calf Slaughter
Based on the Humane Society investigation last month into a calf slaughter plant in New Jersey, 72 members of Congress are asking the USDA to ban the slaughter of downer calves. They say that animals...
View ArticleUSDA Closes Central Valley Meat, Again
Central Valley Meat, a California slaughterhouse that supplies meat to the National School Lunch Program, has been closed by the USDA for unsanitary conditions, according to the Los Angeles Times. A...
View ArticlePiglets Fed to their Mothers at Iron Maiden Hog Farm in KY
The Humane Society has released a disturbing undercover report about conditions at the Iron Maiden Hog Farm in Owensboro, Kentucky. The investigation, which was conducted in early 2014, found that more...
View Article
