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environmentalism
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Weekly protest at the slaughterhouse
Read more: Weekly protest at the slaughterhouseBy Catherine Porter I spent an hour Wednesday morning talking pigs and Leo Tolstoy on a traffic island outside the Princes’ Gates. Anita Krajnc and her group call this “Pig Island.” They come here most weeks to watch and photograph…
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Reverse pay-per-view!
Read more: Reverse pay-per-view!Since summer 2011, FARM’s activists have been paying people $1 each to watch a 4-minute video depicting the inherent cruelties of raising animals for food. This tactic, known as “pay-per-view,” has led 80% of participants to reduce meat consumption, sparing…
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Undercover Investigation at Factory Farm
Read more: Undercover Investigation at Factory FarmBy Joanna Zelman Piglets are haphazardly swung in circles, sows are beaten, and animals squirm with untreated abscesses in new footage alleging animal abuse at a Wyoming pig breeding facility. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), an animal…