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Issue 331 --- January 19, 2005 - CORRECTION

A Project of The Humane Society of the United States and The Fund for Animals

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SHOP AT WHOLE FOODS ON JANUARY 25TH TO SUPPORT ANIMAL WELFARE:

Whole Foods Market, already a leader in organics and natural foods, has launched

a new and exciting program to advance the welfare of farm animals. On January

25th, 5% of all sales generated at Whole Foods stores worldwide will be

allocated to help create the Animal Compassion Foundation (ACF) to develop more

humane farming practices.

 

Billions of farm animals are currently reared for food in intensive confinement

-- such as gestation crates for breeding pigs, veal crates for calves, and

battery cages for egg-laying hens -- and this new effort by Whole Foods could

mark the beginning of sweeping reforms for farm animals.

 

*Animal Compassion Foundation (incorrectly called the Farm Animal Welfare

Research Foundation) will promote compassionate animal farming methods and serve

as a resource center and forum for global technology exchange – where farmers

in the U.S. can learn from their peers around the world. ACF will create an

online library to help interested ranchers and farmers convert to more

compassionate farming methods which have animals’ physical needs, natural

behaviors and well-being as the most important goal. With annual sales topping

$3.9 billion in 2004, and a typical day of sales approximately $10 million,

Whole Foods hopes to use its clout as the world’s leading natural and organic

foods supermarket to raise the bar for farm animal welfare.

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Shop at Whole Foods on January 25th to help support the creation of the Animal

Compassion Foundation. Whole Foods Market has 166 stores in the United States,

Canada and the United Kingdom, with plans to open even more locations. If you

want to help ensure the fair and humane treatment of farm animals, use the power

of your dollar – your compassion will make change happen.

 

Read more about Whole Foods' Animal Compassion Foundation.

 

 

 

WEST VIRGINIA REFUSES TO PROSECUTE SLAUGHTERHOUSE CRUELTY:

On Thursday (1/11), Ginny Conley, head of a state prosecutors organization,

announced that no criminal charges would be filed in response to documented and

massive animal cruelty at Pilgrim’s Pride slaughterhouse in Moorefield, West

Virginia.

 

Undercover video shot at the Pilgrim’s Pride facility in August 2004 clearly

shows workers maliciously stomping on chickens, kicking them and hurling them

against a wall. Eyewitness reports further state that workers twisted

chickens’ heads off, sprayed aerosol paint into their eyes and dumped

suffering, incapacitated birds in a trash bin to die.

 

According to Conley, the decision to not prosecute came in part “due to the

fact that these were chickens in a slaughterhouseâ€, and that she feels the

case “needs to be handled more on a regulatory end than prosecuting someone

criminally.†However, West Virginia’s animal cruelty law prohibits the

intentional torture or mistreatment of all animals, including chickens in a

slaughterhouse. Moreover, there are no state or federal regulations dealing

with the humane slaughter of chickens.

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Contact Ginny Conley and urge the West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Institute

to reconsider the recent decision to not file charges in the case against

Pilgrim’s Pride. Remind her of the legal obligation to enforce state law in

the face of documented animal abuse and to charge all responsible parties at

Pilgrim’s Pride with animal cruelty.

 

Ginny Conley, Acting Executive Director

West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Institute

90 MacCorkle Ave. S.W., Ste. 202

South Charleston, WV 25303

304-558-3348

304-558-3360 (fax)

 

Please cc your letters to:

Governor Bob Wise

Governor-Elect Joe Manchin

Office of the Governor

State Capitol Complex

1900 Kanawha Blvd. E.

Charleston, WV 25305

Fax: 304-558-2722

Email: Governor

 

If you haven't done so already, please sign HSUS' Petition for Poultry, asking

the USDA to include poultry (which comprise 90% of the animals slaughtered in

the U.S.) under the federal Humane Slaughter Act.

 

 

 

VICTORY AGAINST ANIMAL FIGHTING:

In an unprecedented action, a U.S. District Court jury in Virginia returned a

guilty verdict against animal fighting promoter, Bob Stevens, on all three

counts of violating the federal animal cruelty depictions law. Under this law,

it is a felony to sell depictions of animal cruelty across state lines, and in

this case, Stevens was convicted of selling dog fighting and hog-dog fighting

videos. The HSUS is enormously pleased with the good work of Assitant United

States Attorney Steve Kaufman in this case.

 

Steven's conviction is very significant for future investigations and

prosecutions of those who promote and profit from animal fighting. For those

working to wipe out the cruel and barbaric animal fighting industry and other

forms of animal cruelty, this conviction is a great victory and speaks volumes

beyond the proverbial slap on the wrist.

 

Read an article about the animal fighting bust from MSNBC.com.

 

 

 

 

 

THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR ANIMALS --- TODAY!!

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