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Tennessee Republican attacks ‘disgusting’ Humane Society over ‘tape and rape’

Tennessee state Rep. Andy Holt (R-Dresden) described the Humane Society as radicals and accused them of promoting rape-like tactics against farmers, according to emails released Friday. Kayci McLeod of the Human Society had written to Holt earlier this month to ask him to oppose legislation that would criminalize activists who…

Humane Society welcomes Navy’s decision to replace dolphins with drones

The U.S. Navy’s specially-trained marine animals will soon be out of a job, replaced by a fleet of underwater drones within the next 10 years — and that’s given The Humane Society of the United States reason to smile. “We have been saying for so many years that they’ve got to…

Humane Society video shows Wyoming farm workers abusing pigs

Workers cursed at animals, kicked at their faces, punched them and one even bounced up and down on an animal’s broken leg during the time “Whitney Warrington” worked at Wyoming Premium Farms in Wheatland, Wyoming. And all the while, though, she was recording the abuse for the Humane Society to…

McDonald’s vows to stop pork suppliers confining sows in crates

CHICAGO (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp said on Monday it will work with its U.S. pork suppliers to phase out the use of gestation crates, the cramped stalls that millions of mother sows are confined to while they raise piglets. The fast-food chain said the metal crates were “not a sustainable…