Wow: Together, we’ve truly demonstrated the power of change in 2016! As we look back at all Compassion Over Killing has been able to achieve for farm animals this year with your support, we’re celebrating YOU and all you do to help us build a kinder tomorrow. Standing united, we’re changing the world for animals through our hard-hitting investigations, strategic …
USDA: Protect Consumers From Deceptive Food Labels The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Animal Outlook (formerly Compassion Over Killing), representing more than six million consumers, submitted a joint comment to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The comment sharply criticizes the agency’s Labeling Guideline on Documentation …
A chicken who’s raised for her for meat, commonly known in the industry as a “broiler,” is forced to live in misery behind the closed doors of a factory farm. This suffering is multiplied by more than 8 billion: the staggering number of chickens slaughtered for meat each year — in the U.S. alone. Compassion Over Killing has been on front …
UPDATE 10/28/16: Wow! The Herbivorous Butcher has won the “popular vote,” named by USA Today readers the BEST Food & Drink Maker in the USA! A popular all-vegan butcher shop is up for a coveted win in USA Today’s 10Best Reader’s Choice Awards. With just one week left to cast your vote, The Herbivorous Butcher stands at #1 on the leaderboard for Best Food & Drink Makers in …
A recent study found that dolphins communicate with each other in “complex chains of words and sentences in a language,” much like humans do, as Tech Times reports. This find is further evidence of the intelligence of these remarkable marine animals. Dolphins are far from being alone here. They’re joined by many other intelligent animals who communicate in complex ways similar to that of humans. …
Thanks to campaigns led by Animal Outlook and requests from compassionate consumers, in 2014 Dunkin’, the world’s largest coffee and baked goods chain, added almond milk to about 75 percent of its locations — and Starbucks, one of the first national coffee chains to offer soy milk, has told us that it’s exploring vegan food options. Now cows and consumers …
Pilgrim’s Pride can’t be feeling very proud. In 2014, Compassion Over Killing (COK) released a gut-wrenching undercover video revealing shocking cruelty to chickens inside a North Carolina factory farm supplier of Pilgrim’s Pride. Featured in a CNN exclusive report, the footage sparked outrage over chickens buried alive in outdoor pits, and birds suffering from ammonia burns, leg deformities, and more. This year, …
Late last year, COK’s gut-wrenching undercover video inside a Hormel Foods pig slaughterhouse went viral. The footage not only exposed extreme cruelty, but it also called into question the efficacy of the USDA’s high-speed slaughter pilot program, known as HIMP. This shocking story continues to garner attention — including a temporary USDA shutdown of the facility and a powerful letter …
Compassion Over Killing (COK) supporter Carrie Thompson is really going the extra mile to raise awareness of our work for farm animals — actually, she’s biking more than 2,750 miles! Beginning July 1 and for two to three months, this Team Compassion member will (mostly) solo bikepack on the world’s longest off-pavement route: Running from Banff, Alberta, Canada to Antelope Wells, New Mexico …