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FBI Records Reveal Ironic Accusations Against Animal Activists
A recent investigation finds the FBI considering ‘weapons of mass destruction statutes’ against activists.
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A recent investigation finds the FBI considering ‘weapons of mass destruction statutes’ against activists.
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The state’s biggest business lobby helps two residents challenge a Polk County town’s restrictions on livestock feeding operations.
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Explainer
An imperfect but important ranking system, explained.
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A big question, answered briefly.
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Analysis
A new Supreme Court ruling effectively guts the regulatory power of federal agencies.
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Investigation
A new law would allow the livestock industry to fast-track federal review of feed additives.
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Solutions
A new report argues for a massive federal investment in food system innovation.
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How they differ — and what’s at stake — explained.
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Lawmakers overrode the governor’s veto in order to ban drone investigations in the state.
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What you need to know about how these laws seek to censure whistleblowers.
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Ending the Chevron doctrine could be devastating for farm animals and wildlife.
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The way we produce meat and dairy is responsible for all sorts of damage, and taxpayers end up footing the bill.
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The new language would block states from regulating animal welfare on factory farms.
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The year ahead brings new legal challenges for animals and the advocates working to protect them.
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The last year saw policy fights play out on both the state and national level.
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Up to 80 percent of BIPOC students are unable to digest dairy, but schools are still not required to provide alternatives.
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After eight weeks, jurors found Wayne Hsiung guilty of one felony and two misdemeanor charges.
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Courts continue to see factory farm investigations as protected free speech.
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The seemingly humane tradition, which can be traced back to meat lobbyists, correlates with a rise in turkey consumption.
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Three charts document the lawmakers taking a position on the controversial EATS Act, and the votes still up for grabs.
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Young activists are fighting back against government policies to serve only cow’s milk in public schools when only a fraction of the population can digest it.
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Fighting industrial meat and dairy conglomerates requires cooperation and a belief in the possibility of food justice.
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Defendants face jail time for removing 70 birds from factory farms and providing them with medical care.
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The Texas law could force plant-based companies to spend millions in redesign expenses and still end up afoul of the vague requirements.
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Explainer
Here’s what you need to know about the dog meat industry, and the western hypocrisies about eating animals it reveals.
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Farm subsidies make meat and dairy much cheaper – but fruits and vegetables? Not so much. Here’s why.
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Analysis
The new bill represents the single biggest challenge to animal welfare laws, but food safety and honey bee protections are also at risk.
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California’s Prop 12 faced industry opposition because it has huge implications for animal welfare. Now that it’s been upheld by the Supreme Court, here’s what’s next.
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Why are so many animals left out of the Animal Welfare Act? We explain the history of the law, and its shortcomings.
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Animal welfare advocates and animal rights groups are sometimes at odds. In this explainer, we dig into where the two approaches diverge.
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Right to farm laws are increasingly used to protect industrial meat operations from answering for their air and water pollution.
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The farm bill is a collection of laws that governs our food system, including subsidies and federal nutrition benefits known as SNAP.
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A growing number of students are fighting back against the government's milk mandate.
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Perspective
Big Ag has demanded billions of federal dollars to reduce its water usage.
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In a 5-4 majority opinion, the Court upheld the rights of California voters to require pork sold in the state meet animal welfare requirements.
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The Honorable Murray Sinclair worked to pass The Jane Goodall Act, which would turn Indigenous teachings on animals and wildlife into law.
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A new research project illuminates the connection between prisons and meat processors, and how both benefit from incarcerated labor.
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Public opinion polls find strong levels of support for animal welfare laws aimed at improving the treatment of farm animals.
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Campaigners say the U.K.'s Genetic Technology Bill doesn't do enough to protect farm animals.
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Analysis
The Smithfield and Excelsior trials ended with very different decisions that could impact the future of the movement.
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Earlier this week, animal protection groups filed briefs in support of Proposition 12, California's landmark animal protection law.
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Iowa residents once had a right to sue polluting factory farm neighbors, Now the Iowa Supreme Court has taken that right away.
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Perspective
Happy the Elephant's case shows how animal exploitation industries obstruct legal progress.
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Perspective
While Happy remains behind bars, the elephant's legal team says the case represents a paradigm shift in the way humans grant legal rights to animals.
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Weathers is running for State Representative in the city of Stowe, Vermont, where he says "the status quo isn't working" anymore.
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Newcomer to the animal protection scene Australian Alliance for Animals sets out to fix the country’s "broken" animal welfare regulatory systems.
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“This bill could help usher in a new generation of African American farmers,” a Black producer said. “But, if it fails, it’s gonna continue to dwindle.”
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The Nestlé supplier faces criminal animal cruelty charges, financial penalties, and possible jail time for the farm’s owners following a 2018 investigation by Animal Outlook.
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An EU ban on the routine use of antibiotics that could change the face of intensive farming comes into force this month. Will producers comply?
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Tensions continue to rise between ranchers and activists at Point Reyes National Seashore after 72 more elk died this summer.
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