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01/31/2012
HSUS undercover investigation reveals horrifying abuse of pigs at facilities that supply WalMart »
Big news today from HSUS: They conducted undercover investigations of two pig-breeding facilities in Oklahoma, and discovered—shockingly—some pretty egregious abuse. There’s a video I only made it 29 seconds into because it’s so graphic.
Notably, one of these two facilities, the one owned by Seaboard Foods, supplies WalMart, the country’s biggest grocer. Our old friend Temple Grandin is Seaboard’s “animal welfare advisor,” and has spoken against the use of gestation crates, but “advisor” doesn’t have the same power as “boss.”
HSUS today “filed legal complaints with the U.S. Securities and Exchange and Federal Trade Commission alleging false and misleading statements about animal care” by Seaboard, which is an interesting tactic. Attack the money, because obviously if companies cared even the tiniest bit about the animals (the people, the environment), they wouldn’t allow such abhorrent practices. But everyone cares about money!
Go send an email to Seaboard Foods and Prestage Farms asking them to stop using gestation crates and being overall disgusting human beings. Thank goodness for the Humane Society.
[I can’t handle seeing those poor abused pigs so let’s take another moment to appreciate Farm Sanctuary’s Eric]
∞ posted at 10:24 by seriousmeaveness 
01/25/2010
HBO presents Claire Danes with a mouthful of marbles as Temple Grandin: the lady who redesigned feedlots so as not to freak out the cows on their death march. Because she’s autistic and so she has a DEEP SPIRITUAL CONNECTION with animals that’s why she helped devise a better way to kill them, to quote a certain sarcastic Vegansaur.
This version of Ms. Grandin’s life story will air on Sunday, Feb. 6 at 8 p.m. on HBO. Anyone going to watch? Interested at all? I don’t know if I could stand two hours of Claire Danes stomping around doing that voice, plus cow-death. The trailer’s enough to make a person feel stabby.
∞ posted at 10:52 by time-for-naps 
09/01/2009
» It's Animal Week on NPR's Fresh Air!
Hey so I’m not sure if it’s gonna all be about how cats and dogs rule and fuck all other animals and Temple Grandin talking about how she’s autistic and so she has a DEEP SPIRITUAL CONNECTION with animals that’s why she helped devise a better way to kill them but YOU KNOW. Let’s listen and find out. Until we get too angry and have to air-strangle Terry Gross’ voice.
Local showtimes (weekdays!) are:
KALW-FM 91.7 San Francisco: 9 to 10 a.m. and 6 to 7 p.m.
KQED-FM 88.5 San Francisco: 1 to 2 p.m. and 7 to 8 p.m.
KUSP-FM 88.9 Santa Cruz: 6 to 7 p.m.
If you can’t listen live(!), NPR has an official Fresh Air podcast, too.
∞ posted at 16:17 by laurahooperb 
