Mercy for Animals

Victory! Governor McCrory Vetoes North Carolina Ag-Gag Bill

by Vandhana Bala - May 29, 2015      Today, in a victory for farmed animals in North Carolina and nationwide, North Carolina governor Pat McCrory vetoed the controversial “Ag-Gag Bill,” designed to punish whistleblowers who document and expose criminal activity at North Carolina’s factory farms and slaughterhouses.      The ag-gag bill was opposed by the overwhelming majority of North Carolina residents, as well as animal protection, food safety, environmental, and civil liberties [Read more...]

Mercy for Animals exposes sickening animal abuse

From: Pramoda Chitrabhanu... Once again, a brave whistleblower with Mercy For Animals has exposed sickening animal abuse in the poultry industry. A couple weeks ago, we showed you how a major chicken supplier for Gordon Food Service—the largest private foodservice distributor in the U.S.—routinely tortures millions of animals. Now, we’re releasing disturbing hidden-camera video from inside the largest poultry producer in Canada—Maple Lodge Farms. The graphic video [Read more...]

Scientists: Red Meat Triggers Cancer-Causing Immune Reaction

From Pramoda Chitrabhanu... From: Mercy for Animals - Link by Ari Solomon - Jan 2, 2015 For years, doctors have warned about the correlation between red meat and disease. Now scientists at the University of California claim they may have discovered the reason red meat consumption can lead to cancer.   It appears that pork, beef, and lamb contain a sugar that is naturally produced by carnivores but not humans. When humans ingest red meat, our bodies are unfamiliar with the [Read more...]

Mercy for Animals – Perdue chicken farmer speaks out

Read the complete article at the Mercy for Animals website. Perdue Chicken Farmer Comes Clean About Animal Cruelty The video caught the attention of Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times who had this to say about it: Torture a single chicken and you risk arrest. Abuse hundreds of thousands of chickens for their entire lives? That’s agribusiness. ... ... I don’t know where to draw the lines. But when chickens have huge open bedsores on their undersides, I wonder if that isn’t less [Read more...]