OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog » american humane certified http://www.organicauthority.com/blog Organic Authority - organic food, organic living, green living, organic thoughts. Tue, 21 May 2013 08:10:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Not All Humane Animal Standards Created Equal http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/organic-food/not-all-humane-animal-standards-created-equal/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/organic-food/not-all-humane-animal-standards-created-equal/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:42:24 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=8524 Are humane animal standards really humane?

Sir Paul McCartney summed it up when he said that if "slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian." Cultural norms have long justified inhumane conditions towards animals raised for food, to both suffer and die in. Animal rights organizations like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Mercy for Animals have caught truly unbelievable "standard industry practices" and shocking cases of cruelty in undercover videos.

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