#Act4 FarmAnimals “If you actually want to create global pandemics, then build factory farms.” The meat we eat is a pandemic risk, too 23 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals 2019 marked another impressive year for plant-based foods! New data shows that total plant-based retail sales reached $5 billion and grew 11 percent over the past year—almost five times faster than total U.S. retail food sales. Plant-based meat sales expected to surpass $1 billion in 2020 23 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals In the US, industrial slaughterhouses where hundreds of thousands of animals are killed every day, have become clusters of the Covid-19 pandemic. Industrial slaughterhouses have become COVID-19 clusters in the US 23 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals New federal data released this month shows the enormous progress we have made toward the goal of ending the cruel cage confinement of farm animals in the United States. More than 86 million egg-laying hens in the U.S. are now cage-free 16 April 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals New York University Suspends 'Non-Essential Research' and Allows 'Only Critical Research;' leading to the killing of hundreds of animals PETA calls for New York University to Shut Down Animal Labs 15 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A recent report from Frontiers explores the acceptance of clean meat and plant-based meat alternatives in the USA, China and India. Report examines perception of clean and plant-based meat in the USA, China and India 15 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals One of the country's largest pork processing facilities is closing until further notice as employees fall ill with Covid-19. One of the largest pork processing facilities in the US is closing until further notice 15 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Shrimp farming releases huge quantities of greenhouse gases, in addition to supporting abusive labor practices. The problem with shrimp 15 April 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals When researchers needed fast results for a possible COVID-19 vaccine, they skipped over testing the new drug on animals first. If the tests really were “extraneous”, why were labs experimenting on animals to begin with? Mass killing of lab animals during pandemic calls necessity of animal models into question 9 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Half of the UK’s chickens are being produced by companies fully or partly controlled by US agribusinesses, according to an analysis of industry data, fuelling concerns of growing American influence over the British food sector. Half of UK chickens produced by US agriculture giants 8 April 2020 CIWF
#Act4 FarmAnimals A recent survey indicated nearly half of the respondents are currently giving birds access to natural light or are planning on adding it soon. Survey: giving broilers access to natural light is gaining popularity in US poultry industry 7 April 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Nadia, a tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York, has become the first of her kind to test positive for the coronavirus. A tiger at the Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus 6 April 2020