But the horse
slaughter industry is not merely a betrayal of our horses and a blight on our collective conscience; it is often devastating to horse owners, to the communities where the plants are located and a serious health risk to the very people who consume the meat.
However, the argument completely ignores the incredible financial insignificance of the horse
slaughter industry.
ARM has publicly addressed that the illegal horse
slaughter industry, and its uncontrolled operating thoughout the State of Florida is a result of little or no law enforcement from authorities.
Unwanted Horse Coalition data shows how breeding and racing perpetuate the horse
slaughter industry.
Rep. Matheson seemed unaware of the cruelty of horse slaughter, probably because the AVMA and AQHA and horse
slaughter industry lobbyists have done such a good job spreading the disinformation that horse slaughter is humane euthanasia.
From the horse
slaughter industry's inhumane practices to its unregulated meat products, the film exposes the horse slaughter pipeline for what it truly is — a potentially toxic, financially - driven network operating within the seedy underbelly of Big Ag.
Grandin's battles in
the slaughter industry have nearly all been waged with higher management, not with workers or floor managers, simply because they're office bound, their thinking determined more by the paper that surrounds them than by living animals and working plants.
Not exact matches
Animal welfare activists remind us that hundreds of millions of animals are used each year as idols for questionable research in science and as victims of inhumane treatment in
industry, including food
industries that rear and
slaughter animals for meat.
Constant ovulation is not normal nor healthy for their bodies and increases their risk for ovarian cancer, uterine prolapse and other reproductive diseases causing early death (which is why they are sent to
slaughter for cheap meat in the egg
industry).
Oversupply of China diary
industry has reached an extent where farmers are said to be pouring milk down the drain and
slaughtering cattle.
It is totally unacceptable that the dairy
industry standard allows calves to be denied milk for up to 30 hours prior to
slaughter.
While the bar is still set way too low — with fully conscious
slaughter continuing — these reforms still represented the strongest action ever taken against an
industry that had for too long been a law until itself.
Graphic footage exposing the inhumane
slaughter of 21,000 Australian sheep in Pakistan aired on ABC's Four Corners programme last night, causing the live export
industry to voluntarily...
Harris Teeter has committed to sell nearly four times the amount of cage - free eggs as the grocery
industry's national average, phase - in pork from suppliers that don't use gestation crates to confine breeding pigs and dramatically increase the amount of poultry it sells from producers that use a less - inhumane
slaughter system called «controlled - atmosphere killing.»
Published annually, the report provides a summary of the Australian goat
industry, including
slaughter, production and export figures
Exports last year the
industry group put at $ 670 million in beef and $ 240 million in sheep meat would get a boost from the addition of 15 beef abattoirs to the list of permitted exporters and the establishment of new protocols around the
slaughter of Australian sheep and goats, it said.
The suspension means no further Australian sheep can be transported to or
slaughtered at the Qatar abattoir as new allegation shock the
industry.
After a tip - off from an Egyptian vet, Animals Australia sparked a government investigation into what an
industry leader described as «horrific»
slaughtering practices in Egypt last year.
The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC) is appalled by the treatment of Australian animals in the Middle East and equally appalled that the Australian live export
industry is trying to convince the Australian public that the region requires live animals, when in fact they can be
slaughtered in compliance with Islamic laws in Australia.
«Of additional concern is that this
industry initiative is actively encouraging and facilitating animals to be purchased for home
slaughter - where they are at greatest risk of ill - treatment.»
Closer to home we have only just witnessed how widespread calls to end the live export of animals to be
slaughtered overseas are easily ignored by the Australian Government when the financial implications to the
industry become evident.
UPDATE: 28 October 2011 Despite clear scientific evidence an overwhelming community sentiment, the primary
industries ministers have failed to arrive at a decision on non-stun
slaughter.
Illness / Injury RatesOur commitment to safety is evidenced by our injury / illness incident rates, which perform better than the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
industry average for North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Pro
industry average for North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS) 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Pro
Industry Classification System (NAICS) 3116 Animal
Slaughtering and Processing.
Every year, the global live export
industry transports millions of live cattle, sheep, goats and other animals around the world — just so they can be
slaughtered for their meat in destination countries.
«Students don't want to support an
industry that
slaughters nearly 2 million animals every hour, devastates the environment, and contributes to human disease, and schools are responding by rapidly increasing their cruelty - free options, from vegan ravioli to nondairy chocolate mousse.»
All the signs are there for an econoic meltdown - falling retail sales, a
slaughter of public sector jobs, a tidal wave of construction
industry job loses about to break, it will be Eire Take II by the autumn and the coalition will go the way of Fianna Fail.
Over 530,000 cattle are shipped to
slaughter plants each week, making the transport of cattle a vitally important part of the beef and dairy
industries.
If successful, the vaccine may offer an alternative to the mass
slaughterings that have cost the world's poultry
industry millions in lost sales.
On the darker side of the races, frivolity aside, I knew that equine horses were often sent to be
slaughtered by the racing
industry if they did not perform.
PETA wants GIANTS Software to create an accurate depiction of the farming
industry with Farming Simulator 2017, so it's asked them to add
slaughter footage showing pigs that are killed by being «hung upside down, stabbed, and dropped into scalding - hot water».
More galling is the utterly absurd irrelevance of this focus on fur: The
industry produces 55 - 60 million pelts a year — a rounding error vs. the billion animals that produce leather each year, and the tens of billions (seriously, check it) of animals
slaughtered each year for food.
The rendering
industry utilizes packinghouse offal, meat processing waste, restaurant waste and animal tissues from other sources including animals that have died otherwise than by
slaughter.
Cows in the dairy
industry are always
slaughtered at a fraction of their lifespan.
No regulatory action will be considered for animal feed ingredients resulting from the ordinary rendering process of
industry, including those animals which have died otherwise than by
slaughter, provided they are not otherwise in violation of the law.
While many believe that the Yulin festival is responsible for most of the dog meat
industry in China, millions of dogs are
slaughtered in China for their meat and skins every year, particularly in the southern and northeastern provinces.
Although the majority of dogs sold and
slaughtered for meat in Korea come from farms, the
industry is heavily supplemented with «excess dogs» produced for the pet dog trade.
Scientifically formulated, manufactured pet foods are packed with chemical supplements used to «fortify», i.e. make up for deficiencies in the basic ingredients that are
slaughter house and food and beverage
industry waste byproducts, and other chemical additives to flavor / taste - enhance, stabilize, preserve, color and «texturize» (appear like meat and gravy rather than a grey mush).
ARM has investigated 45 Illegal horse
slaughter cases throughout the State of Florida in 2012 and is continuing its efforts to break down the Black Market horse meat trade
industry and its connections.
Furthermore, it can be an act of protest against the livestock
industry which subjects animals to a life lived in confinements, often kept in cramped, squalid conditions until they reach the proper size to be
slaughtered and turned into food for humans.
Horse
slaughter proponents often claimed that the horse
slaughter business supports «the bottom» of the horse
industry and that through some unspecified form of economic alchemy, this market segment influences the price of horses throughout the entire
industry.
What the horse
slaughter lobby lacks are elected officials willing to sacrifice votes by leading the charge for an
industry that 3 / 4ths of American voters believe is abominable.
It has plenty of money from animal agriculture and organizations within the horse
industry like the American Quarter Horse Association who profit from horse
slaughter.
The FDA says:...» The rendering
industry utilizes packinghouse offal, meat processing waste, restaurant waste and animal tissues from other sources including animals that have died otherwise than by
slaughter.»
«No regulatory action will be considered for animal feed ingredients resulting from the ordinary rendering process of
industry, including those using animals which have died otherwise than by
slaughter, provided they are not otherwise in violation of the law.»
It's a grand psychoanalysis and canny indictment of open - worlds, of videogame characters, of
slaughter without consequence, of the entertainment
industry, of race, of gender, of men, of cars and guns, of enchanced interrogation, of music and TV stations, of Southern California, of America.
In the ultimate irony, our love for the playful dolphin created the multi-billion dollar dolphin captivity
industry which in turn created the largest
slaughter of dolphins in the world.
The Soil Association's organic standards exceed standard
industry practice and include prohibiting confinement systems, ensuring bedding and / or environmental enrichment, ensuring free - range access with shade and shelter, specifying stunning and
slaughter practices and monitoring welfare through outcome measures.
For all readers here some of the articles I have written that discuss wind
industry's rigged research and hidden
slaughter.
«Each year the
slaughter to millions and millions of birds and bats is being concealed by the wind
industry and America's Interior Department.»
They promote spending $ 22 billion just in federal money during FY - 2014 on climate change studies; costly solar projects of every description; wind turbines that blight scenic vistas and
slaughter millions of birds and bats annually, while wind energy developers are exempted from endangered species and other environmental laws that apply to all other
industries; and ethanol programs that require millions of acres of farmland and vast quantities of water, fertilizer, pesticides and fossil fuel energy to produce a gasoline additive that reduces mileage, harms engines, drives up food prices... and increases CO2 emissions.