factory farms

John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” Blasts Factory Farms, Slaughterhouses

Piper HoffmanAnimals, Environment, Events, Investigations, News, Veg Eating 6 Comments

The last two episodes of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” showed in chilling and vivid detail how abuses in animal agribusiness cause animal suffering and environmental devastation as well as human illness, injury, and death.

Starbucks

Starbucks Acknowledges Plant-Based Shift,Tests 100% Vegan Food Menu At Single Location

smcdonaldNews, Outreach 3 Comments

Tell Starbucks it’s time for vegan food nationwide by signing our petition today. When Starbucks began offering non-dairy milk, Animal Outlook supporters kept the pressure on, asking the coffee giant to offer a vegan food item to pair with its non-dairy coffee. And as demand continues to rise for compassionate vegan offerings, we may be getting our wish.  In its …

USDA Withdraws Reckless High-Speed Chicken Slaughter Rule

smcdonaldAnimals, News 3 Comments

In 2018, Animal Outlook revealed the horrors of high-speed chicken slaughter with undercover footage of a facility operating under a waiver allowing it to slaughter up to 175 birds per minute. The Trump administration proposed a rule to make this reckless, dangerous speed the norm by allowing all facilities to run slaughter lines about 25 percent faster than the current …

How Big Dairy Duped The New York Times

Erin WingAnimals, Investigations, News, Veg Eating 7 Comments

NYT Asks: Is Dairy Farming Cruel to Cows? We’ve Known the Answer for Years. Last October, we released a heartbreaking undercover investigation exposing horrific abuses of mother cows and their calves. Recently, The New York Times published an article highlighting our investigation, asking: “Is Dairy Farming Cruel to Cows?”  Our answer: Unequivocally, yes. But Big Dairy’s PR machine spun the …

Animal Outlook Demands Investigation of Bravo Packing

Will LowreyAnimals, Investigations, News 2 Comments

March 4, 2021 update: Following an FDA inspection prompted by our complaint, Bravo Packing, Inc. has recalled both its Performance Dog and its Ground Beef frozen raw pet foods due to possible contamination with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. Has your pet become sick after eating these foods? Contact us at info@animaloutlook.org.  Click here to view our full press release. Pet food maker Bravo …