Category Archives: animal welfare

Making Hay: Challenging Big Ag’s Influence on Government with the Healthy School Meals Act

Posted on June 20, 2010 by victhortheviking

This is a great article by Farm Sanctuary co-founder Gene Baur about the influence the Big Agribusiness has on what children eat at school.  The article also talks about HB 4870 that would provide financial incentives to school districts that … Continue reading →

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Controversial Badger Cull to Combat TB in Cattle : EcoWorldly

Posted on January 15, 2010 by victhortheviking

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.  So if we eat them they are more important than if we don’t so we better protect our cows so we can slaughter them later. In an effort to … Continue reading →

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Mysterious Diseases – Gene Baur’s Bloggings

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Victhor The Viking

Not only is factory farming and the slaughter of animals inhuman to animals it is also inhuman to humans.  I really have not sympathy for the workers.  They choose to work there. Besides experiencing psychological distress, slaughterhouse workers are subjected … Continue reading →

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Austin Pets Alive!: Shop and search online to raise money for APA!

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Victhor The Viking

This is a great idea and a great cause!  Lets make Austin a “no-kill” city! Help effortlessly support Austin Pets Alive! With our new toolbar, every time you shop at one of more than 1,300 participating stores, a percentage of … Continue reading →

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Idaho extends wolf hunting season, environmentalists say it’s a bad move | KLEW CBS 3 – News, Weather and Sports – Lewiston, ID – Lewiston, Idaho | Local & Regional

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Victhor The Viking

This makes me sad.  Such a beautiful animal being hunted into extinction.  Fuck Idaho Fish and Game.  May you all die a horrible death. So far, hunters have reached half of the total 220-wolf limit set by Fish and Game … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Safran Foer Interview On Ellen Show 11/04/2009

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Victhor The Viking

Great Interview with Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals.  Great Book.

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Austin Pets Alive!: We need nebulizers to save more cats

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Victhor The Viking

Alright Austin Folks.  Show some love…. When little Marie was rescued from Town Lake Animal Shelter she was deathly ill with an upper respiratory infection. She wasn’t eating and had reached a “dangerously low weight”, according to APA’s vet techs. … Continue reading →

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Undercover Video Shows Pig Farm Employees Allegedly Abusing Pigs – FOXNews.com

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Victhor The Viking

Probably one of the only important news items Fox News has ever put out. CHICAGO — A disturbing video released exclusively to Fox News by the animal rights group Mercy for Animals (MFA) shows a string of alleged abuses at … Continue reading →

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