HSUS's Efforts for Farm Animals in the Press, 2005 |
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December 2005
Dec. 29, 2005: Tucson Weekly: "Space Restrictions: Animal-rights advocates, ranchers square off in a battle over animal-confinement practices."
Dec. 25, 2005: The Associated Press: "Humane Society sues government over poultry slaughter."
Dec. 24, 2005: Portsmouth Herald: "The top five business stories for the week ending."
Dec. 21, 2005: Portsmouth Herald: "UNH sets egg standards."
Dec. 8, 2005: Poughkeepsie Journal: "Vassar adopts 'cage-free' policy for egg purchases."
Dec. 6, 2005: Minnesota Daily: "See the horrors of battery cages: The push for UDS to carry cage-free eggs offers an opportunity to reassess relationships."
Dec. 6, 2005: Minnesota Daily: "After real dining hall solutions to problems - MSA is looking seriously at affordable cage-free egg options."
Dec. 1, 2005: National Association of College and University Food Services: "Bon Appétit Goes Cage-Free in its Nearly 200 Dining Facilities: The Humane Society of the United States Praises Foodservice Provider's Landmark Commitment to Animal Welfare"
November 2005
Nov. 30, 2005: East Bay Express: "Endangered Species: Free-range poultry may be the first casualty in our war on avian flu."
Nov. 25, 2005: East Valley Tribune: "Farmers, ranchers blast effort to curb hog, veal production."
Nov. 25, 2005: Washington Examiner: "Farm animal treatment must be government priority."
Nov. 22, 2005: Delmarva Daily Times: "Lawsuit seeks chicken slaughter changes."
Nov. 22, 2005: Reuters: "Humane Society sues USDA over poultry slaughter practices: Seeks to broaden '58 livestock law."
Nov. 22, 2005: The New York Times: "Suit over poultry slaughter."
Nov. 21, 2005: The Washington Post: "Humane Society to Sue Over Poultry Slaughtering: Suit Demands That Birds Be Killed or Rendered Unconscious Before Butchering."
Nov. 9, 2005: San Jose Mercury News: "S.F. restaurant Incanto gains `certified humane' designation."
Nov. 9, 2005: Boston Herald: "Trader Joe's 'chickens out,' opts to sell only cage-free."
Nov. 8, 2005: KGO [San Francisco ABC affiliate]: "Trader Joe's Makes Change To 'Egg' Policy: Worldwide Reaction To I-Team Report."
Nov. 4, 2005: KGO [San Francisco ABC affiliate]: "Trader Joe's Embroiled In Egg Farming Dispute."
October 2005
Oct. 22, 2005: Joplin Globe: "Deal reached with Moark: Humane Society to get $100,000; expansion opponent miffed."
Oct. 21, 2005: The Kansas City Star: "Society gets windfall in animal abuse case."
Oct. 18, 2005: The Wall Street Journal: "The Yolk of Oppression: Eggs Are Latest Front In Humane-Food Wars."
Oct. 14, 2005: Neosho Daily News: "Company, official to be arraigned on Monday."
Oct. 4, 2005: The New York Times: "Egg Producers Relent on Industry Seal."
Oct. 2, 2005: St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Charges cloud egg factory's expansion plans in Neosho."
September 2005
Sept. 29, 2005: University of Rochester Campus Times: "Cage-free eggs available."
Sept. 22, 2005: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: "UR to buy only eggs certified 'cage-free.'"
Sept. 19, 2005: The Washington Post: "Advocates Challenge Humane-Care Label on Md. Eggs: Birds Are Cruelly Caged, Lawsuit Argues."
Sept. 19, 2005: The Arizona Republic: "Initiative opposes confined livestock: Activists call practice 'cruel.'"
Sept. 8, 2005: Arizona Daily Star: "Petition drive would enlarge small pens of farm animals."
Sept. 7, 2005: Arizona Daily Wildcat: "Possible egg switch could raise costs."
Sept. 6, 2005: Neosho Daily News: "Official gets change of judge."
August 2005
Aug. 25, 2005: The Ledger [Florida]: "Month for the Birds."
Aug. 22, 2005: Joplin Globe: "Abuse case slated: Moark regional manager, 2 subcontractors face animal-cruelty charges; arraignments set for today."
Aug. 21, 2005: Athens Banner-Herald: "Earth Fare adopts foul-friendly policy."
July 2005
July 31, 2005: Neosho Daily News: "Moark hearing set for Aug. 22."
July 29, 2005: The Associated Press: "Abuse charges filed against Moark egg company."
July 26, 2005: Iowa City Press-Citizen: "To UI: Why stop with eggs?"
July 22, 2005: Iowa City Press-Citizen: "Don't dismiss animal rights."
July 21, 2005: Poughkeepsie Journal: "Marist says no to purchasing eggs of caged hens."
July 18, 2005: Iowa City Press-Citizen: "UI egg issue demonstrates local passion."
July 13, 2005: The Daily Iowan: "UI mulls cage-egg imbroglio."
July 10, 2005: Des Moines Register: "Activists lobby U of I to change egg-buying."
July 8, 2005: Iowa City Press-Citizen: "Student group asks UI to buy 'non-caged' eggs: UI talking to Kalona company."
July 8, 2005: Sioux City Journal: "Groups want university to buy eggs from free-range hens."
July 8, 2005: Iowa Ag Connection: "Animal Activists Urge University to Buy Eggs from Free-Roaming Hens."
July 7, 2005: Iowa City Gazette: "Caged heat: Group implores UI: Only buy eggs laid by free-roaming birds."
July 7, 2005: The Associated Press: "Animal activists urge university to buy eggs from free-roaming hens."
July 1, 2005: The Daily Iowan: "The correct handling of a social-cause movement."
June 2005
June 6, 2005: Christian Science Monitor: "Time to Crack Down on Chicken Abuse."
June 3, 2005: Denver Post: "Wild Oats ruffling egg firm's feathers."
June 2, 2005: Business First: "Wild Oats agrees to go cage-free on all its eggs."
June 1, 2005: Denver Post: "Chickens come first: Wild Oats' eggs cage-free."
June 1, 2005: Boulder Daily Camera: "Wild Oats opens the cage: Grocery to sell eggs only from cage-free chickens."
June 2005: Satya: "Standing Up For Farmed Animals: The Satya Interview with Paul Shapiro."
April 2005
April 22, 2005: The Washington Post: "GW Activists Get Store to Switch Eggs."
April 18, 2005: GW Hatchet: "District Market stops selling cages bird eggs."
See our press clippings from 2006.
