Alarm signals
Desert Forests Are Being Graded And Walled Away
The ecosystem of the desert is even more fragile than that of those other forests. Developed in an environment of extreme temperature, low rainfall that often comes in torrential downpours which lead to flash flooding, and rooted in decomposed granite, the Joshua trees, along with other flora typical to this region, have an important position [...]
Animals Have Rights, Too, You Know?
If any good comes from the carnage of dead horses on a northern Alberta ranch, it’s that it sparks debate over animal rights versus those of property owners. Twenty-seven horses died of starvation near the town of Andrew, another was euthanized and 100 more are under a vet’s care, expected to recover despite suffering varying [...]
Judge rules poultry are not ‘livestock’
By Alicia Karapetian on 3/5/2008 for Meatingplace.com
A San Francisco judge has ruled that chickens are not “livestock,” and, as a result, are not subject to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act, according to court filings.
A lawsuit brought by the Humane Society of the United States against the Agriculture Department argued that USDA has misinterpreted the [...]
These American Pigs
In 1999 the largest producer of pork in the world, American corporation-Smithfield Foods - emerged on the Polish market. Smithfield Foods bought 79 per cent of shares of the Animex Company, the largest processing plant of pigs and poultry in Poland. Soon after that in our columns appeared an article on the subject of the [...]
To a child, they are wild
My community is currently fighting the continued development of the last remaining oak savanna in Willamette Valley Oregon. This habitat is relied upon for a number of threatened and endangered species and our county houses the world’s largest population of one such butterfly. Yet, in spite of many stated policies and guidelines, we continue to [...]
Behind the scene of pet food industry
Pet food industry may look shiny and appealing. Which of our dogs, cats, chinchillas, hamsters don’t like the fancy best products in the market?
With the help of Mrs Jackie Ford who offered me a huge amount of articles regarding the reality in pet food industry production, I decided to give you all at least a [...]
Food and Water Watch
Food
Sustainable and local; chemical free; humanely raised; family farmed; clearly labeled–that’s what we want. Factory farms for animals and fish; dangerous practices that lead to diseases like mad cow; and risky technologies like irradiation—that’s what we are fighting to prevent.
Water
The right to water for people and nature; safe, affordable and publicly controlled; citizen participation; [...]