... ...   Click Here ACCESS FULL STORIES Animal welfare labelling schemes up for discussion in Europe The European ... Commission is mulling labelling to help consumers' identify animal welfare-friendly products and incentivise producers to ...

Animal Welfare Groups Want To Change Your Production Practices The Farm Gate A year ago Proposition 2 in California was approved by voters and spelled the end to the California egg industry because it caused the abolition of common production practices. Voters in other states have spoken out, and in some caused significant changes in the way livestock are raised. Last week Ohio voters ...

Nice article by Sharon Peters in USA Today on how some of the major animal welfare groups are (finally!) starting to work with each other. As ASPCA's Ed Sayres candidly notes "We've been embarrassingly fractious with one another in our history". Here's to hoping that the collaborations featured in the article are only the first of many more to come!

... the highways and getting hit by a lovely semi) doesn't mean she's not an animal activist. I've seen her work for many years and No Other Volunteer that I know ... You obviously know a lot more about hunting than I do. Would you like to see the day when there is no need for hunting? shouldn't we animal lovers be doing whatever we can to bring that day closer? Yesterday at 1:10pm ...

... . The Humane Society and other groups oppose it as a power grab by big agriculture to prevent another Proposition 2 (the initiative passed last year in California to improve standards for farm animal care.) And, of course, this board would be dominated by big ag's people, so I think they're right. There may also be unintended consequences. Would such a bill lead to jurisdiction over ...

By Jess Halliday, 30-Oct-2009    -  The European Commission is mulling labelling to help consumers’ identify animal welfare-friendly products and incentivise producers to improve welfare. But campaigners say voluntary measures are not enough. Voluntary animal welfare schemes in the EU do exist, but there is no harmonised scheme and there is confusion amongst consumers about