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Mercy For Animals

Type: Organization

Name: Mercy For Animals

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Pair protest Wal-Mart with giant pig

Lisa Hines, left, and Jeni Haines, right, from Mercy for Animals hold a sign as they protest animal cruelty in Walmart Wednesday May 22, 2013 in McAllen. photo by Gabe Hernandez/ gabrielh@themonitor.comBuy this photoGabe Hernandez052213.PigProtest.gh ... [Published McAllen Monitor - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Mercy For Animals, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, protest, Demonstration, Pregnancy

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Teen Summer Camp Trains Youth to Get Active for Animals

When I was a teenager, I spent most of my summers "doing nothing"--watching TV, playing video games (yes, there were video games back then), and sleeping in for three months. But if there had been a camp out there that would have trained me to make the ... [Published Mercy For Animals - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Video Games, Mercy For Animals, Veganism, Diet, Equality

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Can Do Co Ltd

Must Read: The Ag-Gag War

Titled "How Undercover Animal Rights Activists are Winning the Ag-Gag War," the Village Voice has just published a comprehensive, no-holds-barred takedown of Big Ag's self-destructive attempts to hide its cruel and often illegal practices from the pu ... [Published Mercy For Animals - May 22 2013]

Entities: Mercy For Animals, Agriculture, Guerrilla, American Legislative Exchange Council, Can Do Co Ltd

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Protestors Erect 10-Foot Inflatable Pig Outside of Wal-Mart

CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) -A 10-foot inflatable pig, complete with sores and fitted inside a crate, greeted drivers on SPID late Tuesday morning as a demonstration took place outside of Wal-Mart.It was all part of a protest put on at the Wal-Mart on ... [Published KiiiTV3.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Mercy For Animals, Protesters

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

The "Ag-Gag" War

Cody Carlson had no way of preparing for this moment. He was a Manhattan kid, days removed from working as an analyst for a business-intelligence firm, where he scrutinized corporations and their executives.Now he was standing in a bleak barn at New York's ... [Published Miami New Times - May 21 2013]

Entities: Cody Carlson, Country View Bhd, Mercy For Animals, Willet

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Wal-Mart Stores Inc

Animal Activists Protest Walmart

It's one of the largest retail and grocery chains in America and being known for its everyday low prices, Walmart is now becoming known for something else. The non-profit organization "Mercy for Animals" is targeting the mega-store for its use of pork ... [Published Crossroads Today - May 21 2013]

Entities: Wal-Mart Stores Inc, protest, Mercy For Animals

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Farm Sanctuary

USA - Pig producers will have to lift their game

The New Jersey senate has voted overwhelmingly to ban gestation stalls for breeding pigs.The vote earned applause from The Humane Society of the United States, Farm Sanctuary, Mercy For Animals and the ASPCA.The bill, S.1921, was sponsored by Sen. Raymond ... [Published Meat Trade News Daily - May 20 2013]

Entities: Mercy For Animals, Raymond Lesniak, Farm Sanctuary

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

The terrible price of ag-gag laws

When the "pink slime" scandal exploded online last March, Iowa Gov. Terry Brandstad called a press conference. But Brandstad and beef industry leaders weren't there to apologize for processing scraps through centrifuges, then spraying American meat with ... [Published New York Daily News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, Oprah Winfrey, sedative drug, Food Safety

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Animal Rights Group Runs "Go Veg!" Bus Ads

Listen here as Stefan Perrais with Mercy for Animals - explains why they are running huge ads on the sides of buses featuring family pets beside farm animals - and say you wouldn't eat pets - so why eat other animals? to view this content. ... [Published CBC - May 16 2013]

Entities: Mercy For Animals

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

New Jersey Legislature Overwhelmingly Passes Bill to Protect. . .

New Jersey Legislature Overwhelmingly Passes Bill to Protect PigsTargeted News ServiceWASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Humane Society of the United States issued the following news release:The New Jersey legislature has voted by landslide margins to ban the ... [Published Equities.com - May 14 2013]

Entities: New Jersey Legislature, Mercy For Animals, Raymond Lesniak, Farm Sanctuary

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 3 reports

Grocers agree to eliminate pig gestation crates

The use of inhumane pig gestation crates will be phased out at pork supply chains used by eight major grocery chains in Canada effective immediately.The announcement was made today by the Mercy For Animals Canada group which had conducted an undercover ... [Published Brandon Sun - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Grocer, Canada, Mercy For Animals

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 2 reports

Gov. Haslam should veto ag-gag bills

Mercy for AnimalsMercy For Animals is calling on Gov. Haslam to veto SB 1248/HB 1191. These bills are transparent attempts by agribusiness interests to sweep evidence of animal cruelty under the rug and shield animal abusers from public scrutiny. They ... [Published Tullahoma News - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, Abuse, Mercy For Animals

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Titled "How Undercover Animal Rights Activists are Winning the Ag-Gag War" the VillageVillage Voice has just published a comprehensive, no-holds-barred takedown of Big Ag's self-destructive attempts to hide its cruel and often...

Must Read: The Ag-Gag War [Published Mercy For Animals - May 22 2013]

"Numerous MercyMercy for Animals investigations have found Wal-Mart pork suppliers confining pigs to filthy metal crates, so small they can't even turnaround or lie down comfortably for their entire lives" said Jeni Haines of MercyMercy for Animals

Protestors Erect 10-Foot Inflatable Pig Outside of Wal-Mart [Published KiiiTV3.com - May 22 2013]

"One of my colleagues called it 'pulling carpets,' because they stuck to the bottom of the cage," he says. "I actually had a worker tell me he had nightmares from tearing mummified birds off the cage."

The "Ag-Gag" War [Published Miami New Times - May 21 2013]

"My attitude is of the old adage that, if you don't like it, don't look at it, don't eat it" Nielsen, 66, said

Protesters urge Wal-Mart to rethink [Published Victoria Advocate - May 21 2013]

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Pair protest Wal-Mart with giant pig [Published McAllen Monitor - 3 hours ago]
Teen Summer Camp Trains Youth to Get Active for... [Published Mercy For Animals - 19 hours ago]
Must Read: The Ag-Gag War [Published Mercy For Animals - May 22 2013]
Protestors Erect 10-Foot Inflatable Pig Outside... [Published KiiiTV3.com - May 22 2013]
The "Ag-Gag" War [Published Miami New Times - May 21 2013]
Animal Activists Protest Walmart [Published Crossroads Today - May 21 2013]
Protesters urge Wal-Mart to rethink [Published Victoria Advocate - May 21 2013]
USA - Pig producers will have to lift their game [Published Meat Trade News Daily - May 20 2013]
The terrible price of ag-gag laws [Published New York Daily News - May 17 2013]
Animal Rights Group Runs "Go Veg!" Bus Ads [Published CBC - May 16 2013]
New Jersey Legislature Overwhelmingly Passes Bi... [Published Equities.com - May 14 2013]
New Jersey Legislature Passes Pig Gestation Sta... [Published The Meat Site - May 14 2013]
Our Readers Speak: Ag Gag legislation protects ... [Published Montana Standard - May 14 2013]
Breaking News: Tennessee Governor Vetoes "Const... [Published Mercy For Animals - May 13 2013]
TN Governor Haslam vetoes Ag Gag bill [Published Examiner.com - May 13 2013]
A conversation with Paul Shapiro, Vice Presiden... [Published WMNF 88.5 FM - May 13 2013]
Mercy For Animals Launches Groundbreaking New R... [Published YubaNet - May 10 2013]
Canada - Supermarkets want to abuse pigs for 10... [Published Meat Trade News Daily - May 10 2013]
TN AG says so-called 'Ag Gag' bill constitution... [Published WSMV - May 09 2013]
Top grocers give pigs a break [Published NOW: Toronto - May 09 2013]
Corpus Christi, Protest Against Walmart’s Abuse... [Published Mercy For Animals - May 08 2013]
Manhattan, Union Square Leafleting [Published Mercy For Animals - May 07 2013]
Cincinnati, Leafleting at the David Byrne & St.... [Published Mercy For Animals - May 07 2013]
Denver, Exhibiting at Denver Pride Fest (Two-Da... [Published Mercy For Animals - May 07 2013]
Major Grocery Chains Pledge Action on Gestation... [Published The Pig Site - May 06 2013]
Dairy abuse video causes worker education push [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 05 2013]
Code Brown: More than Half of All Ground Turkey... [Published Mercy For Animals - May 03 2013]
Woman Prosecuted For Filming Slaughterhouse Fro... [Published Techdirt - May 02 2013]
Pork council backs bid to end hog-crate use [Published Brandon Sun - May 02 2013]
Commentary: HSUS shows its true colors [Published PorkNetwork - May 01 2013]

Blogs

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Woman Prosecuted For Filming Slaughterhouse Fro... [Published Techdirt - May 02 2013] from the ag-gag-gagged deptWe've written a few times now about so-called ag gag laws that have been pushed by lobbyists for the farm industry for years now. The bills are pretty ridiculous, often making it illegal to videotape or photograph an agricultural ...
Troubled slaughter: Big Ag fights to keep out p... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Apr 24 2013] There’s a Paul McCartney quote popular with veg-heads: “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.” It may not be quite as simple as all that, but he’s definitely got a point. For a little over 10 years, groups such as Mercy ...
Body-Slamming Piglets To Death Is Humane, Big F... [Published Think Progress - Dec 14 2012] Secret video footage of a hog farm in Manitoba, Canada show workers body-slamming piglets into the floor, swinging them into metal posts and kicking them when they can’t stand up. The harrowing video was filmed by an investigator for animal rights ...
Going undercover in the American factory farm [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Nov 26 2012] Mary Beth Sweetland, who oversees undercover investigations for the Humane Society of the U.S., holds a photograph of the kind of facility where her employees often work. She may be the only boss in America who will tell you during a job interview that ...

Press Releases

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Shocking New Hidden-Camera Video Reveals Butter... [Published PR Newswire - Nov 14 2012]
Mercy For Animals Undercover Investigation Expo... [Published PR Newswire - Oct 10 2012]