Animal Outlook

ANIMAL OUTLOOK: TYSON KNEW ABOUT ABYSMAL CONDITIONS, STILL SENT 150,000 CHICKENS TO FACILITY

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

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WASHINGTON, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Animal protection organization Animal Outlook released an undercover investigation documenting what it says is systemic animal cruelty at Jannat Farm, contracted by Tyson Foods to raise chickens for meat. Animal Outlook says that Tyson was aware of cruel conditions and practices at a facility it had contracted with for at least seven years, but did not take action. Instead, Tyson repeatedly sent new flocks of birds to the facility, including a flock of 150,000 at the outset of Animal Outlook's investigation. Animal Outlook says that this flies in the face of Tyson's marketing claims about animal welfare and demonstrates what activists have long said: that cruelty and suffering are not exceptions in animal agriculture, they are the rule.

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Undercover Investigation Reveals Knowledge of Systemic Mistreatment, Alleged Animal Cruelty
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Animal protection organization Animal Outlook released an undercover investigation documenting what it says is systemic animal cruelty at Jannat Farm, contracted by Tyson Foods to raise chickens for meat.
Animal Outlook says that Tyson was aware of cruel conditions and practices at a facility it had contracted with for at least seven years, but did not take action.
Instead, Tyson repeatedly sent new flocks of birds to the facility, including a flock of 150,000 at the outset of Animal Outlook's investigation.
Animal Outlook is a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) animal advocacy organization based in Washington, DC, and Los Angeles, CA.

NewsBlaze Investigates Student Newspaper Censorship of Animal Cruelty Ad

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Friday, December 16, 2022

It urged campus residents to express concern to university Chancellor Randolph Woodson and Interim Head of the Poultry Science Department, Peter Ferket.

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It urged campus residents to express concern to university Chancellor Randolph Woodson and Interim Head of the Poultry Science Department, Peter Ferket.
In A Big Win For Animal Abusers As Student Paper Censors Cruelty Ad NewsBlaze journalist Martha Rosenberg broke the story on December 5.
As a government-supported institution, North Carolina State University is part of a financial system that extends even to the student newspaper that claims to promote free speech."
Wrote Rosenberg in her NewsBlaze article, "Apparently, lobbyist requests and the almighty dollar are more powerful than standard University policy."

Mercy For Animals urges major restaurant chains to "cheers to choices" in new campaign

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercy For Animals is urging major restaurant brands to make a New Year's resolution to add new, substantial plant-based menu options for 2023 with its latest campaign, "New Year. New Choices." To commemorate the launch of this campaign, the organization has sent custom-branded bottles of bubbly beverages to executives at Dairy Queen, Five Guys, Quiznos, and King Taco. Restaurant executives have been instructed to open the bottles only once they're able to celebrate the introduction of a new, plant-based menu item and "#CheersToChoices."

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Restaurant executives have been instructed to open the bottles only once they're able to celebrate the introduction of a new, plant-based menu item and "#CheersToChoices."
"Offering delicious, satisfying plant-based dishes is a win-win-win for restaurants," said Natalie Warhit, campaign specialist with Mercy For Animals.
To learn more about the campaign or to schedule an interview with a Mercy For Animals team member, contact Mercy For Animals media representative Candice Smith from French Press PR at [email protected] .
Mercy For Animals is a leading international nonprofit working to end industrial animal agriculture by constructing a just and sustainable food system.

SUPREME COURT HEARS ARGUMENT OVER CALIFORNIA ANIMAL CRUELTY LAW

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 11, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a lawsuit challenging a California animal cruelty law, Proposition 12, which passed in a 2018 landslide victory, with over 60% of the vote. Animal protection organizations, including D.C.-based Animal Outlook, have intervened as parties to support California in defending the law. Fifteen State Attorneys General have also weighed in, submitting a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Prop 12. The coalition of intervening organizations say that the case–which was filed by powerful corporate interests within Big Ag in an attempt to gut an overwhelmingly popular law–is a threat to the rights of voters to protect animals from some of the worst abuses in animal agriculture.

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Voters' Victory Banning Extreme Confinement Under Threat, as Pork Industry Challenges California's Proposition 12
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 11, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a lawsuit challenging a California animal cruelty law , Proposition 12 , which passed in a 2018 landslide victory, with over 60% of the vote .
Animal protection organizations, including D.C.-based Animal Outlook , have intervened as parties to support California in defending the law.
U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a lawsuit challenging a California animal cruelty law.
more space, and the industry has fought them all the way to the Supreme Court to keep some of the worst animal cruelty on California's grocery shelves
and intensive confinement is far from the only type of widespread cruelty in the industry," said Cheryl Leahy, Executive Director of Animal Outlook.

KBRA Publishes Rating Report for CL Life and Crestline Assurance Holdings

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

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On August 23, 2022, KBRA assigned an A- Insurance Financial Strength Rating (IFSR) to CL Life and Annuity Insurance Company (CL Life) and a BBB- Issuer Rating to CL Lifes insurance holding company, Crestline Assurance Holdings, LLC Crestline Assurance Holdings.

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On August 23, 2022, KBRA assigned an A- Insurance Financial Strength Rating (IFSR) to CL Life and Annuity Insurance Company (CL Life) and a BBB- Issuer Rating to CL Lifes insurance holding company, Crestline Assurance Holdings, LLC Crestline Assurance Holdings.
CL Life is a fixed annuity writer and an affiliated of Crestline Management, L.P. (Crestline), an institutional alternative asset manager.
The ratings reflect CL Lifes sound risk-based capitalization, strong capital support from Crestline, experienced management team, sound asset liability management (ALM) framework and adequate enterprise risk management.
As of June 30, 2022, CL Life reported $9.6 million in capital and surplus (C&S) and $0.5 million in liabilities.

EXPOSING UGLY ABUSE IN ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES

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Wednesday, August 17, 2022

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An investigation from Animal Outlook has unveiled abuse at live markets—markets where live animals are slaughtered, killed and sold—in and around the Bay Area in Northern California.

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Animal Outlook's undercover investigation unveils animal abuse horrors throughout Bay Area residential neighborhoods.
Animal Outlook is calling for stricter enforcement of existing anti-cruelty and protection laws for the cruelty documented.
Although Animal Outlook's expos shows the abuse at these San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose markets, this issue is a nationwide problem.
Fish are bludgeoned before being dismembered and many are hit multiple times with clubs or the flat side of knives.

An Intimate Journey Through the Lives of Farmed Animals from Birth to Slaughter

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Although cows have a natural lifespan of about 20 years, cows farmed for dairy are generally slaughtered for beef -- largely low-grade meat like hamburger or pet food -- at around six years old, as soon as milk production begins to drop. This short lifespan raises questions about the welfare and ethical use of cows for dairy, according to a 2020 report.

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The video, narrated by actor and singer Daniella Monet, uses Animal Outlook footage from dairies in California and Pennsylvania; a calf ranch in Colorado; and slaughter facilities in California and New Jersey.
This short lifespan raises questions about the welfare and ethical use of cows for dairy, according to a 2020 report .
Plant-based milkalready a sizable category accounting for 15 percent of all sales of retail milkexperienced significant growth in 2020.
Subsequent videos in this series will examine the lives of farmed ducks, chickens, turkeys, pigs and more.

National Advertising Division Finds Butterball's Qualified "All Natural" Claims Supported; Recommends Certain Other Claims be Modified or Discontinued

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021

"Humane" claims that were couched in comparative, superlative or absolute terms, including:

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"Humane" claims that were couched in comparative, superlative or absolute terms, including:
"Does Butterball Treat Its Turkeys Humanely?
During the proceeding, Butterball permanently discontinued the challenged headline claim "Healthy, Natural Turkeys" and permanently modified the challenged "FARM TO FAMILY" video.
In reliance on the advertiser's written representation that it has permanently modified these challenged claims, NAD did not review these claims on their merits.
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Comedian Myq Kaplan Is the Charming, Calculated Voice of Corporations in Latest Video to Call Out Humanewashing

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

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The newly formed coalition's first initiative is a satire of traditional commercials called " Don't Look ," revealing marked discrepancies between industry claims and actual practices, known as "humanewashing."

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The newly formed coalition's first initiative is a satire of traditional commercials called " Don't Look ," revealing marked discrepancies between industry claims and actual practices, known as "humanewashing."
Kaplan plays the persona of many food conglomerates, taking viewers through the various psychological tactics and framing used to convince consumers to purchase factory-farmed animal products.
"Corporations know that people really do care about animals and don't want them to be mistreated," said Animal Outlook's Executive Director Cheryl Leahy.
"So they often choose to tell consumers what they want to hear, rather than allowing them to know the truth.

Animal Outlook's Complaint Prompts FDA Inspection and Recall of Bravo Packing, Inc. Pet Foods

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Thursday, March 4, 2021

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Bravo (unaffiliated with Bravo Pet Foods), located in New Jersey, slaughters cows and horses and includes both cow and horse meat in its product lines.

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Bravo (unaffiliated with Bravo Pet Foods), located in New Jersey, slaughters cows and horses and includes both cow and horse meat in its product lines.
Recalls Performance Dog & Ground Beef frozen raw pet foods following Animal Outlook's investigation.
"This recall represents the latest in a long history of issues uncovered at Bravo Packing," saidWill Lowrey,Legal Counsel for Animal Outlook.
If your pet or a pet you know of has become ill after eating food from Bravo Packing, please contact Animal Outlook at [email protected] .