Animal Welfare Stories
- Livestock undercover: How good people do bad things to animals By Jessica Scott-Reid for Sentient.Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Nebraska News Connection reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration Livestock auctions exist all across North America. They serve as a stop between the farms where animals are born, and the farms where they will […]
- Opponents of factory farms regroup after mixed election results Animal rights organizers are regrouping after mixed results at the ballot box in November. A measure targeting factory farms passed in Berkeley but failed in Sonoma County. Measure J, to ban concentrated animal-feeding operations, only got 15% of the vote and Ordinance 309 to ban slaughterhouses […]
- Elon Musk, Joe Rogan spread misinformation on agriculture By Gabriella Sotelo for Sentient.Broadcast version by Kathleen Shannon for Wyoming News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration Elon Musk recently appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, where he discussed everything from the benefits of sleep to gaming. But the conversation quickly shifted to meat, […]
- Antibiotic use in livestock, once in decline, is creeping back up By Sophie Kevany for Sentient.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for New Mexico News Connection reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration It's a well-known fact that factory farms rely on antibiotics to treat animals raised in cramped, unsanitary conditions. Lesser known is the rising […]
- Report: Right-wing influencers push meat, misinformation By Jessica Scott-Reid for Sentient.Broadcast version by Kathryn Carley for Maine News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration Last month the U.S. Department of Justice indicted two employees of Russian-state funded news outlet RT, formerly known as "Russia Today," for paying a content creation outfit called Tenet […]
- CT, US take steps to mitigate methane emissions By Seth Millstein for Sentient Climate.Broadcast version by Edwin J. Viera for Connecticut News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration We talk a lot about carbon emissions in the context of climate change, but some of the most dangerous emissions aren't carbon at all. They're […]
- Few animal welfare laws lead to misery in factory farms Advocates said a lack of animal welfare laws is leading to pain and suffering on American factory farms. Close to 99% of livestock is now raised in industrial-type facilities, where animal welfare groups said efficiency and profitability take precedence over animals' well-being. Delcianna Winders, associate […]
- How many animals are killed for food every day? By Seth Millstein for Sentient.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for West Virginia News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration Every year, humans around the world eat 360 million metric tons of meat. That’s a lot of animals — or more precisely, a lot of […]