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Vox @vox.com · 18h

According to a new, exclusive analysis by the nonprofit Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), over the last five years, the USDA has increasingly issued warnings over actual enforcement actions, like fines, for those allegedly violating the Animal Welfare Act.

Read more: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/ZJiSMW

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Empty The Cages @emptythecages.bsky.social · 15h

Vogue magazine publisher Condé Nast updates their policy to ban promotion of new fur after a relentless campaign by @caftusa.bsky.social who talks with Jeremy about the latest win, why Berluti will be next to announce a fur free policy, and the fruitful coalition with @animalactivism.bsky.social

VOGUE DROPS FUR, Another CAFT Win For the Animals

YouTube video by Jeremy Loeb

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Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade USA @caftusa.bsky.social · 2d

VOGUE MAGAZINE GOES FUR-FREE!

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FUR OUT OF VOGUE: Condé Nast Goes Fur-Free Following Pressure from CAFT -

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FUR OUT OF VOGUE: Condé Nast Goes Fur-Free Following Protest Campaign New York, NY– October 5–After a relentless nine-month campaign led by the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trad...

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Empty The Cages @emptythecages.bsky.social · 2d

Good. Bout f’n time.

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CNN @cnn.com · 2d

Vogue will no longer feature “new animal fur in editorial content or advertising,” according to updated guidelines on the website of its parent company, Condé Nast. https://cnn.it/4o6CTlQ

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Empty The Cages @emptythecages.bsky.social · 4d

Investigator Calvin Tasker uses the skills he learned as a wedding photographer to create unique portraits of the animals exploited on factory farms. #photography #weddingphotography #freelensing #freelensphotography

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Empty The Cages @emptythecages.bsky.social · 6d

Shut down Ridglan Farms.

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FOX6 News Milwaukee @fox6now.bsky.social · 6d

The lead veterinarian at a controversial beagle-breeding facility in Dane County is suspended, but Ridglan Farms is not backing down.

Open Record: The First Domino

The lead veterinarian at a controversial beagle-breeding facility in Dane County is suspended, but Ridglan Farms is not backing down.

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FOX6 News Milwaukee @fox6now.bsky.social · 8d

Richard Van Domelen, manager of Ridglan Farms beagle breeder, had his veterinary license unanimously suspended.

Wisconsin dog breeding farm manager has veterinary license suspended

Richard Van Domelen, manager of Ridglan Farms beagle breeder, had his veterinary license unanimously suspended.

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 20d

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‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry

The Animal Agriculture Alliance, which briefs the FBI, has tracked over 2,400 individuals linked to animal welfare and environmental groups.

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Revealed: ‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry

The U.S. meat industry has engaged in intrusive surveillance of animal rights groups, including monitoring relationships between activists and tracking employees of leading charities. The industry-fun...

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 19d

🔴 NEW - The meat industry has been monitoring thousands of animal welfare activists, gathering information on their biological ties and even their romantic relationships.

Vital, shocking exposé from @clarecarlile.bsky.social for @desmog.com

Revealed: ‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry

The U.S. meat industry has engaged in intrusive surveillance of animal rights groups, including monitoring relationships between activists and tracking employees of leading charities. The industry-fun...

www.desmog.com

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Clare Carlile @clarecarlile.bsky.social · 19d

The U.S. meat industry has engaged in intrusive surveillance of animal rights groups, including monitoring romantic relationships between activists and tracking employees of leading charities.

✍️ My latest for @desmog.com

DeSmog @desmog.com · 20d

🔴 NEW 🔴

‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry

The Animal Agriculture Alliance, which briefs the FBI, has tracked over 2,400 individuals linked to animal welfare and environmental groups.

📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social

Revealed: ‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry

The U.S. meat industry has engaged in intrusive surveillance of animal rights groups, including monitoring relationships between activists and tracking employees of leading charities. The industry-fun...

www.desmog.com

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Sasha Chavkin @sashachavkin.bsky.social · 19d

A meat-industry funded group intrusively surveilled animal rights activists, including personal relationships, and shared their findings with industry members and law enforcement

“It’s a chilling intrusion into people’s private lives and constitutional rights,” one activist said

Via @desmog.com

Revealed: ‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry

The U.S. meat industry has engaged in intrusive surveillance of animal rights groups, including monitoring relationships between activists and tracking employees of leading charities. The industry-fun...

www.desmog.com

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Empty The Cages @emptythecages.bsky.social · 9d

Shut. Down. Ridglan. Farms.

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FOX6 News Milwaukee @fox6now.bsky.social · 10d

Animal activists and rescue groups say the dogs endure inhumane conditions and are prepared to mobilize if authorities order their release.

Wisconsin dog breeding farm faces scrutiny; activists push for action

Animal activists and rescue groups say the dogs endure inhumane conditions and are prepared to mobilize if authorities order their release.

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Empty The Cages @emptythecages.bsky.social · 10d

Gail Eisnitz, chief investigator at Humane Farming Association has a new memoir documenting her more than four decades exposing slaughterhouses and factory farms, all while dealing with a mysterious, undiagnozed visual processing disorder. Check out her incredible story below.

#animalrights

Investigator Gail Eisnitz's Memoir Will Make You See Animals How She Does

YouTube video by Jeremy Loeb

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Empty The Cages @emptythecages.bsky.social · 13d

Andy Stepanian spent 3 years in prison, including in a top secret maximum security Communications Managment Unit or CMU, for his role in the SHAC campaign against animal testing. His story is fascinating, and goes way beyond SHAC. Listen below.

#politicalprisoner #animalrights #prisonreform

Activist, Former Political Prisoner Andy Stepanian

YouTube video by Jeremy Loeb

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Empty The Cages @emptythecages.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you for covering this vital subject. More please!!

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WHQR Public Media @whqr.bsky.social · 15d

In 2007, North Carolina permanently banned new or expanded ‘lagoon and spray’ hog farms. Meanwhile, the poultry industry has exploded, prompting new concerns about poultry waste. David Boraks has more in the second instalment of our series CAFO Country.