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27 Feb 2017, 10:01 pm
Ryan Maher, R-Isabel, favored the bill because he’s experienced prices for calves falling to $677 in 2016; down from $1,658 in 2014 and $1,207 in 2015. [read post]
27 Jan 2017, 12:01 pm
The order sought a total ban on the slaughter of all cattle including calves or a writ of mandamus ordering the enactment of an uniform policy for banning the slaughtering and preservation of cattle. [read post]
22 Jan 2017, 7:42 am
In terms of billions of dollars, here’s what they found in terms of annual production value: Marijuana – $23.3 billion Milk – $6.28 billion Almonds – $5.33 billion Grapes – $4.95 billion Cattle/ calves – $3.39 billion Lettuce – $2.25 billion To put this into perspective, that $23 billion figure is almost three times when industry investors had anticipated the state’s legal market would be once the drug was openly available to all adults… [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 12:12 pm
In recent years, the USDA has been responsible for progress on a number of animal welfare issues, including banning the slaughter of downer cows and veal calves who can’t stand up or walk on their own, strengthening enforcement of the Horse Protection Act to crack down on illegal soring, setting animal welfare standards for the organics industry, strengthening the care of captive marine mammals, and working to address problems with puppy mills, Class B dealers, and tiger cub petting… [read post]
17 Jan 2017, 7:05 am
Navy plan to kill more than 5,000 wild burros, bringing four Animal Welfare Act lawsuits to protect animals used in experimentation and the first legal challenges of cruel agricultural practices, like force feeding ducks to create foie gras and iron deprivation and confinement of calves who are slaughtered for veal. [read post]
4 Jan 2017, 10:36 am
A series of undercover investigations documented that downer calves are subjected to the same heinous abuse as adult downer cows to get them on their feet for inspection, and showed the serious food safety concerns from eating calves unable to stand, as there were for downer cattle. [read post]
3 Jan 2017, 5:48 am
In addition, a bipartisan group of 92 Representatives and 14 Senators successfully pushed the USDA to close a loophole in the agency’s 2009 regulation, which previously banned the slaughter of downer cattle (those too sick, weak, or injured to stand on their own) but did not cover downer veal calves, leaving them vulnerable to abuse. [read post]
18 Dec 2016, 10:00 pm
CDC has concluded the human illnesses are linked to ill calves as labotratory testing identified Salmonella Heidelberg in the calves. [read post]
4 Dec 2016, 10:00 pm
After all, how could those adorable calves, lambs, piglets, kid goats and baby chicks typically found in a petting zoo or farm animal exhibit at a fair get anyone sick? [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 9:35 am
The most intensive forms of confinement affect breeding pigs, egg-laying chickens and calves raised for veal – all three of whom were covered by prohibitions enacted in Proposition 2 and Question 3. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 9:05 pm
The illnesses may be associated with dairy bull calves or other cattle. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 12:59 pm
This laboratory testing identified Salmonella Heidelberg in the calves. [read post]
21 Nov 2016, 1:38 pm
The King amendment takes aim at state laws such as California’s Proposition 2—approved overwhelmingly by voters in 2008—to ban extreme confinement of egg-laying hens, breeding pigs, and veal calves in small crates and cages, as well as a law passed subsequently by a landslide margin in the state legislature, with the support of the egg industry, to require any shell eggs sold in California to comply with the requirements of Prop 2. [read post]
18 Nov 2016, 8:29 am
The law affords farmed animals more humane living conditions, requiring that farmers provide egg-laying hens, calves used for veal and pregnant pigs adequate space to lie down, stand up, fully extend their limbs and turnabout freely within their enclosures. [read post]
15 Nov 2016, 10:34 am
The confinement practices that will be prohibited in Massachusetts starting Jan. 1, 2022, include battery cages for egg-laying hens, veal crates for calves and gestation crates for pigs. [read post]
14 Nov 2016, 1:56 pm
Lumbar radiculopathy causes pain the legs, thighs, calves, feet, and the lower back depending on where the affected root lies. [read post]
13 Nov 2016, 6:27 am
Each day, she’d pick up food from a nearby store to feed the farm animals (calves, sheep and chickens), she did secretarial work for her husband, cared for her son and did housework such as vacuuming and washing clothes. [read post]
7 Nov 2016, 10:17 am
In a number of states, voters will decide not only on candidates to represent them but also on critical animal protection ballot measures: In Massachusetts, a “Yes” vote on Question 3 would phase out the extreme confinement of veal calves, breeding pigs, and egg-laying hens in small crates and cages where they are virtually immobilized for their entire lives, and will ban the sale of products that come from these confinement systems. [read post]
20 Oct 2016, 10:00 pm
They are back with a ballot measure to prohibit breeding pigs, calves raised for veal, and egg-laying hens in “confined spaces. [read post]
11 Oct 2016, 9:54 am
This year in Massachusetts, voters will decide on Question 3, which would phase out the extreme confinement of veal calves, breeding pigs, and egg-laying hens in small crates and cages where they are virtually immobilized for their entire lives, and will remove inhumane and unsafe products from the Massachusetts marketplace. [read post]
