Filed under: SALDF | Tags: Animal Legal Defense Fund, Cal-Maine, chicken, consumer advocacy, consumer protection, eggs, factory farming, food poisoning, Humane Society of the United States, law suit, poultry industry, salmonella, Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, Texas, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Animal Legal Defense Fund recently filed a suit against the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Department of Agriculture, charging them with failing to enforce state health and safety laws governing the operation of Texas egg factories. ALDF was joined by two consumer advocacy groups: Public Justice and the Center for Food Safety.
Conditions at the Cal-Maine facilities, which are the nation’s largest egg-producing facilities, are alleged to be so bad that they dramatically increase the likelihood that eggs will be infected with Salmonella, a bacteria that can cause serious illness or even death. The Cal-Maine facility was packed full of live birds in various stages of illness and disease, covered in feces, and caged alongside dead, decaying corpses.
For more information on the law suit, check out this link: www.aldf.org/article.php?id=1828
Filed under: SALDF | Tags: ALDF, animal cruelty, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Australia, boots, China, fashion, fur, law school, law student, Raccoon Dogs, Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, trade, Uggs, wildlife
Investigators from the Humane Society International have recently blown the lid off an incredible display of animal abuse. In China, they discovered instances of Raccoon Dogs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon_dog) being skinned alive so that their fur may be used to make boots for Australian Ugg boots. Investigators report animals still moving after having their skin removed. You can help stop this horrific practice by sponsoring international humane organizations that do these types of investigations. You can also make a difference by refusing to purchase goods made from fur, since corruption extends to all areas of the fur trade, not just in China.
For more information, check out the article here:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/australian-fur-trade-using-cruel-raccoon-dog-from-china-in-clothes-and-ugg-boots/story-e6frf7lf-1226157538815?sv=4415c4d3a1e2b5ca834a3fec419b493b
