There’s a lot of talk about slashing regulations in DC right now, and that could mean animal protections on the chopping block. Wayne Pacelle weighed in today on this anti-reg mania descending on Washington in a piece well-worth reading.
Two big undercover investigations broke this week, with Compassion Over Killing’s new lamb slaughter exposé in today’s New York Times, and Mercy For Animals’ new pig factory exposé leading Hormel to drop its supplier. Not everyone’s so pleased to see this cruelty exposed, of course. The Animal Ag Alliance for one isn’t having it!
Finally, if you want to read a remarkable story of courage and self-sacrifice for animals, this feature on the former leader of the Tennessee walking horse industry who blew the whistle is really moving.
Paul Shapiro
Vice President of Policy Engagement
The Humane Society of the United States
Follow at twitter.com/pshapiro
P.S. Video of the week: This chicken playing America the Beautiful on her piano is what you need right now.
P.P.S. Cartoon of the week: Oddly and amusingly, the New York Times Sunday magazine made a cartoon of me (based on a tweet of mine about human persecution of Neanderthals, of all things).