Latest Compassion Over Killing Stories
Groups represent animal protection, civil liberties, environmental, health, food safety and workers' concerns NEW YORK, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Twenty-seven national groups representing a wide spectrum of public interests have signed on to a statement opposing proposed "ag-gag" legislation that is being considered in states around the country. These bills seek to criminalize investigations that reveal animal abuse and could suppress critical information about...
DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Undercover video footage exposing animal abuse and suffering inside Hawkeye Sow Centers (HSC), a pig breeding factory farm in Leland, Iowa, is being released today by animal protection organization Compassion Over Killing (COK). The video was filmed by a COK investigator who worked at the facility in December 2011 and wore a hidden camera to document the day-to-day miseries forced upon thousands of female pigs and their...
Animal Protection Group Applauds Meatless Company's Socially Responsible Decision WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Touted as the world's number one brand of vegetarian meat alternatives, Quorn, a UK-based food company specializing in best-selling meatless meals--all of which, until now, contain eggs--just introduced its first-ever all vegan product, which is now available exclusively in the U.S. This compassionate and socially-responsible decision was made...
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, animal protection charity Compassion Over Killing (COK) is releasing an undercover video revealing shocking abuses and suffering inside Cal-Cruz Hatcheries, a chicken and duck hatchery in Santa Cruz, California. While employed at the facility as a maintenance worker for nearly a month in 2009, a COK investigator used a hidden camera to document the miseries forced upon newly-hatched birds, including: A chick drowning in a bucket...
Congresswoman Edwards, Md. Senators Raskin & Harrington, Md. Del. Hucker, Mont. Co. Council Vice Pres. Ervin pledge to go vegetarian for one week TAKOMA PARK, Md., April 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Sat. April 24, in honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, several elected officials representing Marylanders on a federal, state, and local level will gather in Takoma Park to kick off Maryland VegWeek, a week-long celebration organized by Compassion Over Killing that highlights the...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, animal protection charity Compassion Over Killing released a new investigation inside an egg factory farm owned by Michael Foods, a company that supplies eggs to Dunkin' Donuts. While employed at the facility in August, a COK investigator used a hidden camera to document conditions for hens in this factory farm, which confines more than one million birds inside barren wire battery cages. Footage from inside Michael Foods shows: Hens...
