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Carrie Underwood Gets Political On Tennessee Ag Gag Bill
2013-04-22 19:35:52| Beef
Carrie Underwood, country music star, vegan and HSUS supporter, is lobbying against Tennessee HB 1191/SB1248, The Livestock Cruelty Prevention Act. BEEF Daily read more
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Ag Gag Laws Really Do Protect Animals, Producers
2013-04-19 23:51:00| National Hog Farmer
Organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and Mercy for Animals say they have stopped attempting to take undercover videos on farms in states that have laws that make this practice illegal. These laws, referred to as ag gag laws, have already gone into effect in states such as Iowa and Utah. Several other states are in the process of working to enact similar legislation. Meanwhile, the topic of ag gag laws is getting a lot of media attention, and the opinions about the meritsor lack thereofof preventing undercover videos from being taken on farms differ widely. As Ive read blog posts finding fault with these laws coming from within the agricultural community, I keep coming back to what I heard and saw when I attended a Mercy for Animals (MFA) press conference last summer where an on-farm video was revealed. National Hog Farmer Blog read more
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Gag Order Placed On American Airlines Employees
2013-04-07 19:01:37| Airlines - Topix.net
I got a lot of comments on my last article regarding the fleecing of employees and shareholders over the proposed $20 million severance payment that Tom Horton, American Airlines bankruptcy caretaker CEO, is lined up to receive.
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Canadian government gag order for scientists?
2013-03-10 14:38:13| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: Canada's Harper Administration is allegedly restricting what environmental information government scientists can share with journalists, according to academics and media watchdogs. Host Steve Curwood learns more from Tyler Sommers, coordinator of Democracy Watch. Transcript CURWOOD: Canada's conservative government, which has been pressing the Obama Administration to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, has come under sharp criticism for allegedly muzzling Canadian government scientists who talk...
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Ag Gag Laws Stop Undercover Videos
2013-02-08 15:30:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: ABC News Fearing arrest under laws pushed by the agriculture industry, animal rights activists have halted undercover camera investigations into animal cruelty in five farm states, including Iowa and Utah where the laws went into effect last year, according to a report from ABC News. “We are not conducting our investigations in those five states,” says Nathan Runkle, executive director of Mercy for Animals, a group whose most recent hidden-camera exposé led to criminal charges against employees at the largest dairy farm in Idaho. read more