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Amend building codes in Canada to protect farm animals from barn fires

Posted in farm animals, food, tagged , , , , , , , on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The following is a MEDIA RELEASE from:
Canadians for Ethical Treatment of Farm Animals (CETFA)
Charred remains of mother pigs burned to death in gestation crates
Farm animals continue to die horrific deaths with no changes to the farm building code.
Toronto, August 24, 2009: Despite repeated calls to the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes to amend [...]

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What Pork Producers Call Farming

Posted in food on August 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

As we read about the bailout of pork producers with our tax dollars,  it is time to review some points about this industry’s vile “farming” practices.

Links for further exploration have been provided for each point.
a) Atrocities against pigs as a daily practice and way of life through
factory farming practices such as tail docking and neutering [...]

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Pork producers: Stop the Live-Burnings!

Posted in farm animals, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

An Action Alert from Twyla Francois and the team at
Canadians for Ethical Treatment of Farm Animals (CETFA)
In just the last 20 months, nearly 80,000 animals have been burned alive in barn fires in Canada. News of barn fires have become a weekly event, each one killing thousands of animals.
Pig barns are the most affected with [...]

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The Truth about Canada

Posted in Canada, tagged , , , , , on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Mel Hurtig’s book, The Truth about Canada,  published in April 2008,  is something all those in this country who choose to wallow in complacency and denial need to pick up.
Meanwhile, get a taste by watching these three eye-opener videos with Mr. Hurtig and learn about what is happening to this once promising country.
The Videos
Part One: [...]

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Crises for marine life and elephants highlighted by Kenyan art projects

Posted in Kenya, environment, global warming, vanishing wildlife, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I posted some time ago about Mfalme, the Minke whale made of discarded flipflops gathered by volunteers from the beaches of Kenya.
What a beautiful boy he is and what a shame he was fated to be beached in a park in Mombasa instead of  touring museums worldwide to educate about marine pollution and resultant death [...]

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