Sentences with phrase «millions of pigs»

If Walmart executives did this to even one dog or cat instead of millions of pigs, they would be thrown in jail.

Not exact matches

Cyber-crooks did a drive - by on drive - thru chain Sonic, and are poised to pig out on millions of stolen credit and debit cards.

PIGS don't get to burn 19 million barrels a day of oil because their economies are shrinking.

That translates to staggering numbers of animals grown for food: there are over 30 million head of beef cows in the US, and 21 million pigs in Iowa alone.

Stripping out the 15 percent of Peppa Pig that Entertainment One doesn't own gives an operating profit of around 141 million pounds for this year.

Eighty million of the ninety - five million pigs raised each year in America live on an industrial farm; more than 80 percent of those farms house around five thousand pigs each.

The Festival of Sacrifice is responsible for untold suffering of cattle, sheep and goats — millions of whom have been sold for profit through Australia's live export trade; closer to home, in the name of Christmas, highly intelligent pigs and turkeys not only experience the terror of slaughter, but entire lifetimes of suffering in factory farms; and sporting events such as bull fights and rodeos still present cruelty as «entertainment»...

The company owns approximately 888,000 sows and brings a total of 17 million pigs to slaughter annually.

Through online petitions created by The Humane Society of the United States and consumer advocacy organization SumOfUs, a quarter million people have urged Tyson Foods, the world's second - largest meat processor and major pork supplier, to develop plans for ending the use of gestation crate confinement of pigs in its supply chain.

But instead of reassessing their practices, the industry is vehemently defending the system — a system that confines 12 million egg laying hens in battery cages; forces thousands of mother pigs to give birth and live for weeks on end in crates barely bigger than their bodies; allows piglets to have their teeth cut and tails cut off without pain relief; and subjects «meat» chickens to such rapid growth that their bodies can barely sustain them.

I love this club to my very bones and beyond but I'm pig sick of the Bull $ hit and I wont be renewing my season ticket and I wont be buying any merchandise cos I for one will not help Stan Kroenke buy another multi million dollar ranch in Montana

«Though some 800 million people on the planet now suffer from hunger or malnutrition, the majority of corn and soy grown in the world feeds cattle, pigs and chickens.

Apart from David Cameron, the object of this week's pig - molestation allegations, few know better than Vince Cable, a 7 May victim in Twickenham of the key marginals strategy that Lord Ashcroft's millions did so much to refine.

Thought to have disappeared from the ancestors of modern pigs about 20 million years ago, the gene helps cells dissipate more heat and burn fat.

MALTA — For millions of U.S. pigs, their short lives are going to be full of travel.

In January 1999, peninsular Malaysia had 2.4 million pigs and 1,800 pig farms; by August of that year, 1.1 million pigs had been killed, 956 farms had been destroyed, and 48 more had closed.

Humeau's next installation will re-create the sound of an extinct walking whale and the hell pig, a piglike omnivore that vanished about 16 million years ago.

Are molecular meddlings — from the man - made pig and the gene - whacked salmon to the genetically modified soy that hundreds of millions of us consume each day in cookies, crackers, candy bars, and sodas — are these transformations condoned by the tools nature itself has given us, or are they freaks and abominations?

«The most cost - effective measure we could take is the control of feral pigs at a cost of $ 2 million per annum in targeted location across the Basin, as they have a negative impact on both native plants and animals,» she said.

An artist's rendering of a cow - size guinea pig that lived in South American swamps 8 million years ago.

Matt Ackerman, a prominent hog veterinarian based in Indiana, estimates that more than a million pigs could die between June 1, 2015 and May 31, 2016, from a return of the virus, far below the 2013 levels.

But according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the number of experimental cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, sheep, swine and primates has been dropping, from 1.5 million (not including many farm animals that are now counted) in 1973 to 1 million in 2006.

The mutation in the guinea pig's ancestor happened more recently than ours — possibly «only» about 20 million years ago, but that is still far enough back to also have affected another member of the caviidae family: The capybara also needs a steady diet of vitamin C to keep a hold on its title of largest living rodent on earth.

The most cost - effective strategy is the management of feral pigs, at approximately $ 2 million (average annualised cost) in specific locations within the Basin.

Many millions of years ago, we lost all ability to convert glucose to vitamin C (along with subhuman primates, guinea pigs, and fruit bats).

Over one million Jews were murdered there at the hands of the Nazis, whether in the crematorium, by firing squad, as guinea pigs in experiments, or by other methods.

Created against the backdrop of World War I when millions of horses were perishing on the blood - soaked battlefields of Europe, Be Kind to Animals Week has touched hundreds of millions of people, and over the years has featured many iconic spokespeople and advocates including President Warren Harding, Shirley Temple, Eleanor Roosevelt, Milton Berle, Doris Day, Porky Pig, Dennis the Menace, John Wayne, Lorne Greene, Carol Burnett, Clint Eastwood, Betty White and many others.

Today, Patrick's Shelter Stories runs in 700 newspapers around the world, twice a year — both the first week of May and the first week of November — to highlight the stories of some 10 million cats and dogs (among countless other species, like rabbits and guinea pigs), who wind up in animal shelters each year.

Their sanctuary is home to Billy the burro, Rootie the pig, a blind goat named Stevie and many others, all of whom represent the millions of other animals in need around the world.

Bull terriers are stars in movies («Frankenweenie,» «Babe: Pig in the City,» «The Incredible Journey,» «Space Buddies») and on social media — Marc Jacob's bully Neville has 195,000 Instagram followers and Rafael Mantesso's whimsical photos of his bully, Jimmy Choo, have 603,000 followers on Instagram, nearly 42,000 Facebook fans, and sold millions of books!

An average of 50 kids pass through these classrooms, school libraries and science centers, bringing two million students into contact with guinea pigs, rabbits, bearded dragons, parakeets, turtles and aquarium fish every day.

Millions of dollars have been spent by families in neighborhood pet stores buying fish, turtles, guinea pigs, hamsters, lizards and birds, along with the aquariums, habitats, cages and all the ancillary products needed to care for these new members of the household.

Duke Nukem has always been a firm favourite of mine, ever since I saw my dad first freeze a pig cop then kick it into a million pieces back on Duke Nukem 3D in 1996, I was hooked.

In 2004, cows, pigs and other livestock expelled more than 13 million tons (12.2 megatons) of methane, from both manure and escaping body gas, according to the study, published June 26 in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

See millions, billions, trillions traded for pigs, pokes, and lies... starving polar bears straight from the sands of a sinking arctic... snarling snow leopards swept away by melting glaciers... gasping Gurkhas in search of water... coastal residents on stilts... climate grifters juggling semi-intelligent humans... grim reapers galloping the streets... massive throngs wandering aimlessly... You there in the back!

A lagoon overflow caused more than 20 million gallons of pig waste to get dumped into the New River in Onslow County, contaminating the drinking water and causing massive fish losses.

Yuyen, a pig farmer from Taiwan, may soon find a place in the record books for killing the most winged - bloodsuckers in a month — over 4 million of them, in fact.

Plus, by doing what has already been done at zoos, pig farms, chicken farms, dog parks, and on trains, the country potentially reduces the toxic ground pollution of its 51 million tons of animal waste each year.

Half the world's pigs — more than 470 million of them — live in China, but even that may not be enough to satisfy the growing Chinese appetite for meat.

By Janet Larsen Half the world's pigs — more than 470 million of them — live in China, but even that may not be enough to satisfy the growing Chinese appetite for meat.

The group of North Carolina plaintiffs were each awarded $ 75k in compensatory damages, as well as $ 5 million each in punitive damages, against a pig farming conglomerate.

iDriveSafely is one of the largest and oldest online traffic schools with more than 4 million customers having already completed the course (although I prefer to call them guinea pigs).

iDriveSafely is one of the oldest online traffic schools around with more than 4 million customers having completed the course already (I like to call them guinea pigs).

All of the recommended courses below have been in business for over 10 years and have had at least 1 - million people complete their course already (I prefer to call those people «guinea pigs»).

The reason I recommend this course is because they have been around for well over a decade with nearly 5 - million satisfied customers (guinea pigs) as of this writing.

As of this review, iDriveSafely has been in business for over 12 years, have had more than 4.5 million people use their course (I like to call them guinea pigs).