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An HSUS Report: The Implications of Farm Animal-Based Bioenergy Production

As the current and potential impacts of climate change become more evident and increasingly urgent, entities such as governments, corporations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are seeking...

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An HSUS Report: The Impact of Industrialized Animal Agriculture on the...

The continuous confinement of chickens, pigs, turkeys, cattle, and other animals raised in industrialized agricultural systems jeopardizes the animals’ welfare and degrades the environment. Factory...

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An HSUS Report: The Impact of Animal Agriculture on Global Warming and...

The farm animal production sector is the single largest anthropogenic user of land, contributing to soil degradation, dwindling water supplies, and air pollution. The breadth of this sector‘s impacts...

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An HSUS Report: Food Safety Risks Associated With U.S. Horse Slaughter

Meat originating from U.S. horses may contain residues from substances banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Union for use in animals intended for consumption....

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An HSUS Report: Industrial Farm Animal Production and Livestock Associated...

Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of bacterial infection and is increasingly found to be resistant to antibiotic therapy. A newly described type of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus...

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An HSUS Report: The Impact of Industrialized Animal Agriculture on World Hunger

Of the world’s nearly 6.8 billion humans, almost 1 billion people are malnourished. Feeding half the world’s grain crop to animals raised for meat, eggs, and milk instead of directly to humans is a...

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An HSUS Report: The Impact of Industrialized Animal Agriculture on Rural...

Industrialized animal agriculture production practices and systems not only jeopardize the welfare of farm animals and the environment, but also negatively impact public health, independent family...

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An HSUS Report: Human Health Implications of Intensive Poultry Production and...

The high stocking density, stress, unhygienic conditions, lack of sunlight, and breeding practices typical of industrial poultry and egg production systems may facilitate the emergence and spread of...

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An HSUS Report: Human Health Implications of U.S. Live Bird Markets in the...

After millions of years of existing as a harmless infection of aquatic birds, some strains of avian flu have developed the ability to mutate into highly pathogenic forms that may not only be deadly...

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An HSUS Report: Human Health Implications of Live Hang of Chickens and...

Poultry slaughterhouse workers perform one of the most dangerous jobs in the nation. Those on the “live hang” line, whose job is to hang conscious birds upside-down on moving shackles, are...

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An HSUS Report: Human Health Implications of Non-Therapeutic Antibiotic Use...

For decades, the U.S. meat industry has fed medically important antibiotics to chickens, pigs, and cattle to accelerate their weight gain and prevent disease in the stressful and unhygienic conditions...

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An HSUS Report: Food Safety Concerns with the Slaughter of Downed Cattle

Nonambulatory cattle may be at higher risk of harboring foodborne pathogens such as E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and, very rarely, the infectious agent that causes bovine spongiform encephalopathy,...

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An HSUS Report: Factory Farming in America: The True Cost of Animal Agribusiness

Across the United States, nearly 10 billion land animals are raised and killed each year for meat, eggs, and milk. More than half of all confined farm animals by weight—54%—are concentrated in just 5%...

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