The truth behind the pork we eat | Mating Stall

Unfortunately, the 1998 Dodge Intrepid also didn’t have a stellar record. In fact, according to the NHTSA, this car ended up becoming the subject of five recalls and two investigations. Moreover, there are as many as 384 complaints filed against this car.

The law allowed for “enriched” cages for chickens, which give the birds more room than the cramped quarters of the battery cage. But groups like Compassion in World Farming say the enriched cage is still a cage and doesn’t give the hens a better life; Germany banned them several years ago.

I was wondering why people hang their scrub rags on the front porch to dry. They put them on a pole and leave them there from spring until fall. It looks so tacky and will ruin the whole neighborhood.

CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations), also known as factory farms, are a significant problem for the environment and public health. There is another huge moral  problem which is usually ignored.  CAFOs are inherently cruel to animals. All you need is a little knowledge and  bit of empathy to understand this.

So was Smithfield’s crate promise a lie? If Hsiung and DxE are correct that pregnant pigs and new mothers remained in gestation crates, that suggests that the company is not following its stated procedure, which calls for pregnant pigs to be put in group housing. The company strenuously denies Hsiung and DxE’s claim there.

In some cases, pilots—many of whom are engineers and academy graduates—claimed to observe small spherical objects flying in formation. Others say they’ve seen white, Tic Tac–shaped vehicles. Aside from drones, all engines rely on burning fuel to generate power, but these vehicles all had no air intake, no wind and no exhaust.

The Rice Soil and Water Conservation District selected Keith Radel of Faribault to receive the 2018 Wildlife Enhancement Award for Rice County. Keith volunteers with the Bluebird Recovery Program, checking and maintaining a bluebird trail consisting of 175 nest sites throughout the bluebird mating season, from April through August.

I would like to congratulate whoever was in charge of putting a light in in Sugarcreek. Traffic is backed up clear past the high school.

Caledonian crows live in small family groups and youngsters learn to fashion and use tools by watching adults. Researchers from the University of Auckland discovered that parents actually take their young to specific sites called “tool schools” where they can practice these skills.

After I picked Jethro from the Boulder Humane Society and brought him to my mountain home, I knew he was a very special dog. He never chased the rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, or deer who regularly visited. He often tried to approach them as if they were friends.

Lusk and Norwood also find good results for the “confinement plus” system, in which sows have limited access to the outdoors but plenty of space for themselves and their piglets and plenty of space to roam freely outside their lying area.

Former NZ Pork chairman Ian Carter has defended the industry’s use of farrowing crates, saying they create an environment "very similar to a maternity hospital".