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Welfare of Livestock
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Animal Care (AC) 
 This government organization "provides leadership for determining standards of humane care and treatment of animals. AC implements those standards and achieves compliance through inspection, education, and cooperative efforts." The site provides fact sheets, reports, and regulations related to animal welfare topics such as pet travel, exotic cats, animal exhibitors (circuses, zoos, wildlife parks), inspections, licensing, and horse protection. Searchable. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_welfare/index.shtml Topics: Animals, Law by Subject, Livestock, Pets Last updated May 21, 2007 Animal Ingredients and Their Alternatives
A list of "animal ingredients and their alternatives [designed to help] ... consumers avoid animal ingredients in food, cosmetics, and other products." Provides synthetic or plant-based alternatives to items such as acids, oils, leather, down, and wool. From People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=72 Topics: Animals, Livestock, Pets Last updated Nov 3, 2004 Association of American Feed Control Officials, Inc. (AAFCO)
"A basic goal of AAFCO is to provide a mechanism for developing and implementing uniform and equitable laws, regulations, standards and enforcement policies for regulating the manufacture, distribution and sale of animal feeds; resulting in safe, effective, and useful feeds." The site provides news and information related to animal feeds (such as ingredients, labeling, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy), AAFCO publications, and links to related sites. http://www.aafco.org Topics: Animals, Livestock, Pets Last updated Aug 3, 2006 Australian Wool in Animal Rights Row
Companion to a July 2005 BBC Radio 4 Crossing Continents program on the "row [that] has been taking place in Australia over a controversial farming practice [known as 'mulesing'], where skin is sheared from sheep to protect them from maggot infestation." Discusses the conflict between People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Australian wool growers, and provides links to groups representing both sides of the conflict. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/4699931.stm Topics: Animals, Livestock Last updated Sep 4, 2009 A Brief Guide to Meat and Dairy Labels and Their Relevance to Animal Welfare
This document provides definitions for terms found on meat and dairy product labels, such as certified organic, certified humane, free-range, cage-free, vegetarian-fed, grain-fed, hormone-free, and pasture-raised and grass-fed. Includes links to related material about egg carton labels. From the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). http://www.hsus.org/farm/resources/pubs/meat_and_dairy_labels.html Topics: Animals, Livestock, Nutrition & Food Safety Last updated Oct 30, 2006 The Emergency Euthanasia of Horses
"This guide is designed to aid owners, equine facility managers, auction market employees, horse transporters, and law enforcement officers in making the appropriate decisions regarding the emergency euthanasia of horses." Discusses euthanasia methods and considerations in the selection of a method, details of euthanasia methods, and euthanasia planning. From the University of California, Davis, Veterinary Medicine Extension, School of Veterinary Medicine and the California Department of Food and Agriculture. http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/vetext/INF-AN/INF-AN_EMERGEUTH-HORSES.HTML Topics: Livestock, Pets Last updated May 6, 2008 Factory Farming Campaign
Website for this Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) program that "works to ease the suffering of the billions of farm animals raised and killed each year." Includes description of campaigns (such as freeing egg-laying hens from battery cages), facts about farm animal behavior, news (such as about the February 2008 beef recall based on a HSUS investigation), and legislation and litigation updates. Includes troubling images and video clips. http://www.hsus.org/farm/camp/victories.html Topics: Animals, Livestock Last updated Feb 26, 2008 Fast Food and Animal Rights: McDonald's New Farm
"Activists have been warning for decades that farms and slaughterhouses mistreat animals, and for almost as long, farmers and food industry executives have scoffed. But over the past two years, an unlikely corporation — McDonald's — has taken the lead in the campaign for animal welfare." This companion to an American RadioWorks program features transcripts and audio clips, slideshows on the egg and cattle industries, examples of slaughterhouse inspection results, and a McDonald's hen inspection form. http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/mcdonalds/ Topics: Agriculture, Animals, Industries, Law by Subject, Livestock, Nutrition & Food Safety, Pets Last updated Apr 5, 2004 Poisonous Plants Informational Database
"This is a growing reference that includes plant images, pictures of affected animals and presentations concerning the botany, chemistry, toxicology, diagnosis and prevention of poisoning of animals by plants and other natural flora (fungi, etc.)." Also includes a page on medicinal plants for livestock and links to other websites concerning poisonous plants. From the animal science department at Cornell University. http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/ Topics: Drugs & Medications by Type, Livestock, Medical Treatments & Devices, Pets, Plants Last updated May 21, 2007 Protecting Domestic or Captive Animals From Cruelty
This site presents information about animal protection laws in the United Kingdom, including details about the July 2004 "draft Animal Welfare Bill, which contains the most comprehensive modernisation of animal welfare laws for a century." Features an overview and links to the text of the laws. From the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/welfare/domestic/ Topics: Agriculture, Animals, Law by Place (U.S. States & non-U.S.), Law by Subject, Livestock, Pets Last updated Jul 22, 2004 Sustainable Table: The Issues
This site introduces users "to the major issues surrounding sustainable meat and factory farming." Topics include additives, animal welfare, genetic engineering, heritage livestock breeds and heirloom crop varieties, hormones, mad cow disease, slaughterhouses and processing, and soil conditions. From the Sustainable Table, "a consumer campaign developed by the Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)." http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/ Topics: Agriculture, Animals, Food & Cooking, Industries, Livestock, Pets, Social Issues Last updated Jun 13, 2005 UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine: Disease Information
A collection of "information factsheets and brochures [that] relate to diseases of concern to ... cattle, equine, poultry, small ruminants and swine industries." Includes information on anthrax, foot-and-mouth disease, bovine tuberculosis, West Nile virus, and other diseases. From the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. http://cahfs.ucdavis.edu/show.php?id=700 Topics: Agriculture, Animals, Health & Medical Disciplines, Livestock Last updated Sep 18, 2006 |
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