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Pet overpopulation in the US leaves millions of animals homeless each year. Efforts are needed to promote adoption and spay/neuter programs to reduce euthanasia and move the country towards becoming no-kill. Solutions include expanding rescue groups, foster programs, and Trap-Neuter-Return programs for feral cats to find homes for all homeless pets.
Pet overpopulation in the US leaves millions of animals homeless each year. Efforts are needed to implement spay/neuter programs and no-kill shelters across the country to find homes for all companion animals and end euthanasia of adoptable pets. Solutions include expanding rescue groups, foster networks, and programs that promote adoption and prevent surrender. The goal is for the US to become a no-kill nation where every healthy or treatable pet has a lifelong home.
Pet overpopulation in the US leaves millions of animals homeless each year. Companion animals are commonly euthanized in shelters due to a lack of available homes. Solutions aim to make the US a no-kill nation through programs that promote spaying/neutering, adoption, foster care, and trap-neuter-release for feral cats. Reducing the number of unwanted litters through these methods can eliminate the need to euthanize healthy animals.
This document discusses animal welfare in farming and promotes more humane treatment of farm animals. It contains the following summaries:
1) There is a growing movement to reform farm animal welfare practices driven by increased consumer demand for more humane and transparent farming standards. Major companies are committing to higher welfare practices like cage-free eggs in response to this demand.
2) Experts discuss how improved transparency from companies and clearer labeling of animal product can help consumers make more informed choices to support humane farming practices. Certifications like Animal Welfare Approved provide assurances that animals were treated according to clear welfare standards.
3) Renowned expert Temple Grandin's work designing facilities to reduce farm animal stress and fear has greatly
- American Humane Association was founded in 1877 in Cleveland, Ohio to promote humane treatment of working animals and livestock. It has since expanded its mission to also protect children and animals used in entertainment.
- Over its history, American Humane Association has established standards and guidelines around the humane treatment of animals and children. It has also advocated for laws protecting animals and children and responded to disasters providing aid.
- American Humane Association continues its work today through programs, research centers, and certifications focused on animal welfare, child welfare, and humane standards.
Ape ambassadors spring newsletter 2015Jane Watkins
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Idaho Black Bear Rehab, Inc. (IBBR) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing orphaned black bear cubs in Idaho back into the wild. Their mission is to give orphaned cubs a second chance at life in the wilderness. They provide medical care and socialization training to cubs before releasing them in suitable habitat. IBBR aims to educate the public about bears and responsible wildlife management practices through their rehabilitation work. They rely on public donations to fund their all-volunteer rescue and rehabilitation programs.
This document analyzes two images from PETA campaigns that compare human treatment of animals to the Holocaust. Through a rhetorical analysis, it identifies how the images use techniques like symmetry, labeling, color, and lighting to draw the comparison. Figure 1 places images of caged chickens and men on shelves side by side, labeling people as Nazis. Figure 2 depicts a dog with a Hitler-style mustache above the text "Master Race", suggesting dog breeders create a superior breed like Nazis. Both images aim to portray humans as oppressing animals similarly to how Nazis oppressed Jews.
Pet overpopulation in the US leaves millions of animals homeless each year. Efforts are needed to promote adoption and spay/neuter programs to reduce euthanasia and move the country towards becoming no-kill. Solutions include expanding rescue groups, foster programs, and Trap-Neuter-Return programs for feral cats to find homes for all homeless pets.
Pet overpopulation in the US leaves millions of animals homeless each year. Efforts are needed to implement spay/neuter programs and no-kill shelters across the country to find homes for all companion animals and end euthanasia of adoptable pets. Solutions include expanding rescue groups, foster networks, and programs that promote adoption and prevent surrender. The goal is for the US to become a no-kill nation where every healthy or treatable pet has a lifelong home.
Pet overpopulation in the US leaves millions of animals homeless each year. Companion animals are commonly euthanized in shelters due to a lack of available homes. Solutions aim to make the US a no-kill nation through programs that promote spaying/neutering, adoption, foster care, and trap-neuter-release for feral cats. Reducing the number of unwanted litters through these methods can eliminate the need to euthanize healthy animals.
This document discusses animal welfare in farming and promotes more humane treatment of farm animals. It contains the following summaries:
1) There is a growing movement to reform farm animal welfare practices driven by increased consumer demand for more humane and transparent farming standards. Major companies are committing to higher welfare practices like cage-free eggs in response to this demand.
2) Experts discuss how improved transparency from companies and clearer labeling of animal product can help consumers make more informed choices to support humane farming practices. Certifications like Animal Welfare Approved provide assurances that animals were treated according to clear welfare standards.
3) Renowned expert Temple Grandin's work designing facilities to reduce farm animal stress and fear has greatly
- American Humane Association was founded in 1877 in Cleveland, Ohio to promote humane treatment of working animals and livestock. It has since expanded its mission to also protect children and animals used in entertainment.
- Over its history, American Humane Association has established standards and guidelines around the humane treatment of animals and children. It has also advocated for laws protecting animals and children and responded to disasters providing aid.
- American Humane Association continues its work today through programs, research centers, and certifications focused on animal welfare, child welfare, and humane standards.
Ape ambassadors spring newsletter 2015Jane Watkins
This document is the newsletter for the Ape Ambassadors club, which raises awareness and funds for the Center for Great Apes sanctuary. It discusses various fundraising activities by the club, including lemonade stands and birthday gift donations. It provides information about the Center for Great Apes sanctuary and the orangutans and chimpanzees living there. It also shares ideas for how Ape Ambassadors can help, such as writing to companies to encourage more ethical palm oil and animal welfare practices.
Idaho Black Bear Rehab, Inc. (IBBR) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing orphaned black bear cubs in Idaho back into the wild. Their mission is to give orphaned cubs a second chance at life in the wilderness. They provide medical care and socialization training to cubs before releasing them in suitable habitat. IBBR aims to educate the public about bears and responsible wildlife management practices through their rehabilitation work. They rely on public donations to fund their all-volunteer rescue and rehabilitation programs.
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This document discusses the company's plans to launch a new product. It details a timeline for the coming months that includes finalizing the product design by the end of the quarter, beginning manufacturing in the new year, and launching the product nationwide in spring. Market testing will help ensure all components are ready for the product's debut.
Katherine Reynolds Lewis slides on freelance writing success for National Pre...Katherine Lewis
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Modern Woman magazine article profiling four women who have found their dream jobs: Sherin Nicole of idobi Networks, Jill Scalisi, NSF's Alexandra Isern and Erin Doerwald of the SKY Center.
To succeed as a freelance journalist requires:
1) Securing a steady income source such as a regular column to cover basic living expenses.
2) Establishing an appropriate hourly rate and refusing work that pays below this rate.
3) Carefully tracking income, expenses, and marketing efforts to evaluate strategies and ensure financial stability, as clients may come and go.
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1) The ASPCA is the first humane society established in North America in 1866 with a mission to prevent cruelty to animals.
2) The ASPCA operates shelters and programs across the US to care for homeless animals, spread knowledge of animal cruelty, and be a voice for animals.
3) The ASPCA's goal is to increase live release rates from shelters through programs that support spay/neuter, adoption, fostering, and transferring animals to other shelters.
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Here are the key facts about PETA:
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This document provides an overview of farm animals in the United States. It discusses that most farm animals are raised to be killed for meat, though some are kept for other purposes like eggs or wool. It notes that in 2007 there were more farm animals in the US than humans globally. The document then discusses the treatment of various farm animals, including that chickens, pigs, and dairy cows are often intensively confined and productionized. It also outlines some of the health and welfare issues for these animals and notes the minimal regulation and enforcement of humane treatment standards.
ASPCA Rescues Animals from Puppy Mill in AlabamaDavid Kiger
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The document discusses several key points about culture and social norms:
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This document discusses man's relationship with dogs and efforts to help shelter dogs. It provides statistics on dog ownership and costs, describes various dog breeds and their purposes. It also highlights the problem of pet overpopulation and discusses several local animal shelters and low-cost veterinary services that aim to reduce euthanasia of dogs through spay/neuter programs and adoption promotion. The document encourages readers to help by volunteering, donating or adopting shelter dogs.
Back to Work cover story in Bloomberg Businessweek 6.4.12Katherine Lewis
This document profiles 12 individuals who were unemployed for periods ranging from 7 months to over 3 years and have now found permanent jobs. It describes each person's experience with unemployment including feelings of uselessness and loss of identity. Common hardships included needing to borrow money and difficulty finding work. The individuals pursued various strategies like job retraining, networking, and relocating to eventually find new employment in fields like science, law, gaming, and more. The document aims to share these personal stories of perseverance through extended bouts of unemployment.
The document provides guidance on how to calculate an appropriate freelance hourly rate to earn a target annual gross income level between $50,000-$150,000. It explains the steps to determine the number of billable hours in a year after accounting for non-billable time spent on tasks like marketing, and recommends hourly rates needed to reach the income targets based on the number of billable hours. The document also notes important assumptions and considerations like taxes and overhead costs that will impact take-home income.
- The document provides a curriculum vitae for an electrical engineer with over 27 years of experience in oil/gas, infrastructure, and other process industry projects.
- The engineer has experience managing electrical design, construction, testing, and commissioning across various types of projects in multiple countries.
- Recent roles include Electrical Construction Manager for an onshore oil and gas project in Oman and previous experience as Electrical Manager for a mall development in Abu Dhabi.
This document discusses the company's plans to launch a new product. It details a timeline for the coming months that includes finalizing the product design by the end of the quarter, beginning manufacturing in the new year, and launching the product nationwide in spring. Market testing will help ensure all components are ready for the product's debut.
Katherine Reynolds Lewis slides on freelance writing success for National Pre...Katherine Lewis
These are the slides for my talk at the National Press Club bootcamp on freelance journalism success, in June 2014. You can view the talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK_7aqEUNzk&index=4&list=UUCzZgBJNene1BKBCBiHoXNA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5SyGptQki8&list=UUCzZgBJNene1BKBCBiHoXNA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wMkVBltNYs&index=2&list=UUCzZgBJNene1BKBCBiHoXNA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOrqAFZRHQQ&list=UUCzZgBJNene1BKBCBiHoXNA&index=1
Modern Woman magazine article profiling four women who have found their dream jobs: Sherin Nicole of idobi Networks, Jill Scalisi, NSF's Alexandra Isern and Erin Doerwald of the SKY Center.
To succeed as a freelance journalist requires:
1) Securing a steady income source such as a regular column to cover basic living expenses.
2) Establishing an appropriate hourly rate and refusing work that pays below this rate.
3) Carefully tracking income, expenses, and marketing efforts to evaluate strategies and ensure financial stability, as clients may come and go.
Existen cinco modos de adquirir el dominio en Colombia: la tradición, la accesión, la sucesión por causa de muerte, la ocupación y la prescripción adquisitiva de dominio. Esta última se da cuando se ha poseído un bien por cinco años de manera regular o diez años de manera irregular. La ocupación implica adquirir bienes que no tienen dueño identificado, mientras que la accesión transfiera el dominio de bienes que se unen o incorporan a otra cosa.
1) The ASPCA is the first humane society established in North America in 1866 with a mission to prevent cruelty to animals.
2) The ASPCA operates shelters and programs across the US to care for homeless animals, spread knowledge of animal cruelty, and be a voice for animals.
3) The ASPCA's goal is to increase live release rates from shelters through programs that support spay/neuter, adoption, fostering, and transferring animals to other shelters.
The ASPCA is the first humane society established in North America in 1866 to prevent cruelty to animals. It aims to provide shelters and care for homeless animals, spread knowledge about animal cruelty through events, and be a voice for animals. Its overall goal is to increase live release rates from shelters through programs like increasing spay/neuter resources and adoption programs. The ASPCA responds to cases of animal cruelty and provides relief services to domestic animals during disasters.
The Walk for Farm Animals - Giving Farm Animals a VoiceChristine Hendler
Christine Hendler, training supervisor for Quick Weight Loss Centers, works to hire and supervise new nutritional counselors. When she is not working, Christine Hendler is active with charity and supports several animal welfare organizations, one of which is Farm Sanctuary.
Here are the key facts about PETA:
- PETA is the largest animal rights organization in the world, with over 3 million members and supporters.
- It was founded in 1980 by Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco to promote animal protection and welfare through peaceful public education and nonviolent protest.
- PETA focuses its efforts on four main areas where animals suffer the most: factory farming, the clothing trade, laboratories, and the entertainment industry.
- Through investigations, undercover footage, celebrity endorsements, protests, and educational outreach, PETA aims to end animal abuse and encourage a vegan lifestyle.
- Some of PETA's impacts include pressuring fast food chains like
This document provides an overview of farm animals in the United States. It discusses that most farm animals are raised to be killed for meat, though some are kept for other purposes like eggs or wool. It notes that in 2007 there were more farm animals in the US than humans globally. The document then discusses the treatment of various farm animals, including that chickens, pigs, and dairy cows are often intensively confined and productionized. It also outlines some of the health and welfare issues for these animals and notes the minimal regulation and enforcement of humane treatment standards.
ASPCA Rescues Animals from Puppy Mill in AlabamaDavid Kiger
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The document discusses several key points about culture and social norms:
- Culture is learned and shared within a society through social interaction and is based on symbolic meanings that become internalized and taken for granted.
- Social norms are unwritten rules for how people should act within a group or society.
- The document then discusses the concept of animal exploitation, providing definitions and examples of how animals are used commercially for various products and purposes.
- Issues of animal welfare, rights, and the environmental and human impacts of animal agriculture are also examined.
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Laura Guttridge studied philosophy at the University of Central Florida, where she received her bachelor's degree. She is an author and animal activist who has received several awards for her work promoting animal rights and compassionate treatment. Some of her accomplishments include helping to pass a ban on factory farming in Florida and fundraising for a chimpanzee sanctuary.
A highly information packed facts, figures etc to prove the need of wildlife, existence in previous eras and their essentiality in the future through a series of easy to understand format, story, texts, arts and facts!!! Really helpful for building any kind of project on this topic for any level!!!
This document is Diann Mistelske's design portfolio, which showcases projects for several clients, including Share, D Zine Minds, and i2B. It includes logos, branding materials, and advertisements she has created for these clients using programs like Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop. Contact information is provided at the top for Diann.
This document discusses animal abuse and provides ways to help stop it. It defines animal abuse and lists disturbing facts about abuse such as circus animals being beaten and elephants being chained for long periods. It also discusses the link between cruelty to animals and violence toward humans. Finally, it provides 10 actions people can take to help abused animals and prevent cruelty, such as reporting abuse, educating others, and starting animal protection clubs.
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This document summarizes a report from the Humane Society of the United States on problem puppy mills in the United States. It identifies the top five states (Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas) where puppy mills are located based on USDA inspection records. It also lists 100 specific problem puppy mills and dealers, many of which have appeared on previous reports and continue to have animal welfare violations. The report aims to inform the public about inhumane conditions at these operations so that consumers do not inadvertently support them by purchasing puppies.
This document discusses the benefits of vegetarianism and reducing meat consumption. It summarizes that vegetarians are more diverse than stereotypes suggest, with nearly 12 million vegetarians in the US representing a variety of demographics. The main reasons cited for becoming vegetarian are health benefits, concerns about animal suffering and the environment. The key pillars supporting a vegetarian lifestyle are identified as health, environmental, and animal welfare issues. Specific health benefits, the environmental impact of meat production, and the inhumane conditions of factory farming are outlined. The document encourages people to consider their food choices and how small individual decisions can collectively make a significant difference.
Angels Among Us Pet Rescue is a large non-profit animal rescue organization based in Georgia that rescues dogs and cats from high-kill shelters. It has no facility and relies entirely on foster homes to care for over 600 animals daily. The document discusses the organization's history and growth since 2009, fundraising needs like medical care exceeding $3 million annually, and an upcoming fundraising gala offering various sponsorship levels.
Dr. Janet Helms - Animal Welfare Standards: Good for animals. Good for farmersJohn Blue
Animal Welfare Standards: Good for animals. Good for farmers - Dr. Janet Helms, National Director, American Humane, from the 2017 NIAA Annual Conference, U.S. Animal Agriculture's Future Role In World Food Production - Obstacles & Opportunities, April 4 - 6, Columbus, OH, USA.
More presentations at http://www.trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2017_niaa_us_animal_ag_future_role_world_food_production
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Profile of Adele Douglassi in Nothern Virginia Magazine
1. œprofile
An Advocate for Animals
ADELE DOUGLASS GAVE UP HER LIFE SAVINGS TO BRING HUMANE TREATMENT
PRACTICES TO FARM ANIMALS THROUGH HER HUMANE CERTIFICATION ORGANIZATION.
BY KATHERINE REYNOLDS LEWIS • PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBERT MERHAUT
A
dele Douglass is searching for
piglets, bouncing over sun-drenched,
grassy hills in the
back of a black Range Rover.
The 67-year old founder of
Humane Farm Animal Care
warns that once we dismount
and approach the pig hut to
be careful of their nipping teeth. “The baby piglets
are very curious and want to come up to you. And
they bite you,” Douglass explains.
It’s the third stop in our porcine quest. The 260-
plus pigs raised on Ayrshire Farm in Upperville
roam through 110 acres of woods as they please,
seeking shade on this clear summer day. The previ-ous
two huts were empty, sending us back into the
truck piloted fearlessly by Ayrshire’s owner Sandy
Lerner. A co-founder of Cisco Systems in the 1980s,
Lerner now devotes herself to running the humane
and organic farm, as well as the associated restau-rant
and butcher/grocery store in Middleburg.
At the next hut, we hit paydirt. One sow, brown
aside from the pink sides of her snout, is rooting in
the underbrush beside the round-roofed metal hut,
her belly coated with fresh mud and her back and
face caked with dried mud. Peeking inside, we see a
cleaner looking mama pig flopped on her side, with
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AYSHIRE FARM OWNER Sandy Lerner with two of 260 pigs raised at the farm.
I saw there were
alternative methods that
weren’t outrageous, that
farmers could adapt,
that farmers could
change with a little
encouragement.
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a half-dozen babies nursing, playing and snoozing
in the hay. The piglets are white with black spots.
Lerner tromps into the fray, eager to get her
hands on baby pigs, while Douglass stays on the
far side of a low wire fence. She’s been bitten be-fore.
“That’s their natural be-havior.
That’s what they do,”
explains Douglass, a short,
rounded woman with neatly
cropped black hair and rim-less
glasses.
Explaining and defending
the natural behavior of farm
animals has become a life’s
work and passion for Doug-lass,
who moved from California to Northern Vir-ginia
in 1977 with her three young children. Born
and raised in New York City, she held an idealized,
“Old McDonald’s Farm” view of farm animals un-til
her eyes were opened in her work for New York
Rep. Bill Green in the 1980s. As Green’s personal
secretary, office manager and legislative assistant,
she took ownership of animal right’s issues. “They
figured since I had kids, I was capable of dealing
with the most difficult animal rights constituents,”
she recalls.
Gradually, an activist was born. The more Dou-glass
learned about standard farming practices, the
angrier she became. She grew more outraged with
each story of hens, cattle and pigs confined so tight-ly
that they turned on each other or became sick,
sometimes left to die. “If people knew how their
animals were raised, they would be appalled,” she
says. “I saw there were alternative methods that
weren’t outrageous, that farmers could adapt, that
farmers could change with a little encouragement.”
In 1987, the American Humane Association hired
her to open its Washington D.C. office, where she
could make a real difference on issues as varied as
animal testing in cosmetics, pets in public housing
and pet theft—which often leads to cruel treatment
or painful deaths. But she grew increasingly con-vinced
that an independent organization devoted
solely to the humane treatment of farm animals
would win broad support from the general public
and be able to make a meaningful difference. In
2003, she emptied her 401(k) of the $80,000 she’d
saved; accepted a $10,000 gift from her daughter
Holly; and launched Humane Farm Animal Care
as a nonprofit. Her goal was to create, and convince
farmers to follow, scientifically backed standards
focused on the welfare of the 10 billion farm ani-
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mals raised each year in the U.S.
After all, consumers outraged
by books such as Matthew Scully’s
“Dominion,” Michael Pollan’s “The
Omnivore’s Dilemna” and docu-mentaries
like “Food Inc.” often
turn to organic food as the answer.
But while organic standards keep
antibiotics and pesticides out of the
food system and environment, they
govern nothing about the way that
animals are treated in the produc-tion
of eggs, milk, meat and other
food products. Enter the humane
certification. Douglass assembled
a few brave scientists to begin writ-ing
research-based standards for
the humane treatment of farm ani-mals.
The standards specify things
such as the animals’ access to food
and water, living conditions, wean-ing,
health care, handling and even
the slaughter process. The over-arching
goal is to prevent cruelty
and to allow animals to engage in
their normal behavior as much as
possible. Of the four scientists who
assisted her, only one, Joy Mench,
of the University of California, Da-vis,
came to Humane Farm’s launch announce-ment
with the media—the one with tenure, who
wasn’t afraid of losing her job in the face of criti-cism
from agribusiness.
s the pigs oink and wander among the
trees, Douglass bemoans the use of far-rowing
crates in many farms, which put
bars between mothers and their babies. The sows
have just enough room to lie down to nurse. Lerner
chimes in that the commercial pigs that are raised
for sale at market have it even worse because they
don’t even have room to move in order to lie down.
Indeed, many have been bred to be so fat—to pro-vide
more bacon—that their backs can’t even sup-port
their weight.
“That’s why (Humane Farm has) space re-quirements
for the market pigs. You can’t just
pack them in,” Douglass says. She praises farm-ers
such as Lerner, whose Ayrshire Farm was one
of the original farms to support her organization
in 2003 by becoming humane certified by Doug-lass’
organization. “At the beginning the produc-ers
were scared. They took risks in doing this,”
she says. “They got more and more enthusiastic
as they saw we were serious.”
In 2003, just 143,000 animals were raised un-der
Humane Farm’s standards. But last year, 86.7
million farm animals certified as humane. Douglass
attributes the growth to the push of consumers and
retailers demanding humanely farmed products as
well as the pull from farmers themselves seeing that
there’s a more sustainable and better way to raise
animals. Humane Farm has taken the opportunity
to revise its standards when new research or prac-tices
emerge that will help both producers and ani-mals.
For instance, an alternative anesthesia came
into use that didn’t require a veterinarian to travel
onto the range to give a shot before, for instance,
castrating a bull. Instead, the ibuprofen-like med-icine
can be given in water up to 48 hours before
the procedure. In 2012, Humane Farm revised its
standards to allow this treatment and embarked on
a campaign to let farmers know about the option.
While the Range Rover carries us from the pig
area to where the cattle range across the hillside,
œ profile
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of which is the rare White Park cattle.
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“There are 10 billion
animals killed and
raised for food and 4
percent vegetarians in
the U.S. These animals
need relief. Our role is to
provide relief for those
animals.”
Douglass talks about the initial chal-lenges
in launching the organization.
At first, the U.S. Department of Agri-culture
wouldn’t allow the “certified hu-mane”
label unless it was accredited by
the International Organization for Stan-dardization.
So Humane Farm Animal
Care tackled the process and won ISO
certification. Having to navigate the ISO
requirements laid an important founda-tion
for the processes and procedures
the organization would follow in years
to come. “That was actually good for us,”
she says.
“The thing that surprised me was how
we get attacked by everyone,” she says.
“We get attacked by commodity groups.
We get attacked by animal rights groups
who think the answer is to become a veg-an.
There are 10 billion animals killed
and raised for food and 4 percent veg-etarians
in the U.S. These animals need
relief. Our role is to provide relief for
those animals,” Douglass justifies.
The support of the media and like-minded
farmers and activists proved to
be crucial in the early years of Humane
Farm, when Douglass worked seven days
a week, sometimes 18 hours a day. Her
dedication to the greater good was rec-ognized
with a Purpose Prize, awarded
by Encore.org in 2007 and her election
to the Ashoka Fellowship by the Asho-ka
organization in 2008, both honors
for people who have made a difference
through a socially useful venture. Lat-er
milestones included successful part-nerships
with Safeway and Sobey Su-permarkets,
which took years of work.
In 2012, Safeway required all suppli-ers
of store-brand cage-free and organic
eggs to be Certified Humane®. In 2013,
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producers. “The producers would call
the quality guy, Mike Talbott, at Safeway
and complain. Safeway didn’t back down
one little bit,” Douglass says, noting that
consumers can find Certified Humane®
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The Range Rover rumbles along a
dirt path beside a pond, where five cows
are knee-deep in water, happily chew-ing
grass. Among Ayrshire Farm’s 800
head of cattle are several distinct breed-ing
herds, one of which is the rare White
Park cattle, only recently back from be-ing
endangered for years. The cows low
at the passing vehicle, as calves alter-nately
stroll beside the adults or cuddle
together at rest.
“Adele was the first person to figure
out that calves like to sleep in piles. This
is what calves do,” Lerner says. “They’re
herd animals and when you put them
alone they get neurotic.”
Ayrshire’s White Park cattle boast a
103 percent fertility rate because of the
proliferation of twins, she says, noting
that factory farms are lucky to see a 70
percent fertility rate. Ayrshire also pro-duces
humane-certified young dairy
beef, aka veal, as well as turkeys, chick-ens
and eggs.
Douglass recalls the first time she was
roasting an Ayrshire Farm chicken, while
watching a football game and smelled an
aroma that reminded her of something
in her childhood. “It took me about a
half hour to realize it was the smell of
roasting chicken, which you don’t smell
any more because the stuff you buy has
no taste, no flavor, no nothing. It’s un-believable
the difference,” she says.
Humanely farmed food may cost
more at the checkout counter, but the
overall cost will be lower when you take
into account the impact on the environ-ment
and your health, the two wom-en
agree. “When you eat my food, the
ground is better than before I raised the
food. We are actually net-carbon seques-ters,”
Lerner says. “It’s food for your body.
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getting environmental cancers. The price
you pay at the till is actually reasonable.”
Finally, we pull up in front of the
slaughterhouse and get out of the ve-hicle.
Lerner leads us into an immacu-lately
clean, grey metal warehouse-like
space. She explains that the fat in the
meat protects it from bacteria and oxi-dation,
which is what makes the food so
juicy. The Certified Humane® standard
specifies slaughter practices that keep
pain and stress to a minimum. For in-stance,
no animal can witness another
animal being killed and poultry can’t be
hung for more that 90 seconds. Doug-lass
remembers seeing a large chicken
company catch poultry with mechani-cal
devices that slammed the birds into
transport cages. The employee giving
her a tour explained that the meat was
sold in parts, so it “didn’t matter” if the
wings broke.
“It matters to those birds. There’s no
need for it. That bird is going to be trans-ported
to slaughter in pain,” she says.
“There’s no point of raising them right
and then stressing them in transport and
then in slaughter.”
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that animals had feelings.”
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and Salvatore Perrone, Adele graduated
from high school, took an office job and
married co-worker Archie Douglass at
age 19. “I wanted to travel, get married
and have children. That’s what women
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three children: Holly in 1967, Brian in
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teer basis, often typing newsletters late
at night for the San Fernando Valley po-litical
caucus. “I was a voracious reader,”
she says, “I was always someone who was
into fairness and justice.”
When she moved to Herndon in 1977
and separated from her husband, Doug-lass
needed to earn her own living. She
did billing for a laboratory and worked
as a legal secretary before landing the
position in Green’s office, which led her
to her life’s calling. She never felt disad-vantaged
for not having a college degree,
and merely compensated by over-pre-paring
for every hearing or meeting or
discussion. “When you’re a woman and
you’re working in agriculture, let me as-sure
you, people are prejudiced against
you anyway,” she says. “What I would get
is not, ‘You don’t have a college degree,’
but ‘You don’t have a Ph.D.?’ ”
When she was on a committee of the
Federation of Animal Science Societies
to rewrite the Guide for the Care and Use
of Agricultural Animals in Research and
Teaching, she tried to make the point
that if dairy cows couldn’t be confined
for more than two weeks, pigs shouldn’t
be crated in gestation stalls. “The guy
turned to me and said, ‘Adele you’re not
an animal scientist, so you might not un-derstand
this, but a cow is bigger than
a pig.’ I looked at him and said, ‘I real-ize
I’m not an animal scientist but I did
study biology and they both are mam-mals,’”
she recalls. “The secret to that is
to talk to them like you’re talking to your
teenage kids. They all cringe because
they have mothers. They revert.”
Out of Douglass’s earshot, Lerner
praises her for championing humane
farming years before it was on anyone
else’s radar screen. “Adele is unique. She
was way ahead of the pack,” she says.
“She’s one of the few people I’ve dealt
with in life that is motivated by all the
right reasons. Talk about no personal
gain—she’s always hand to mouth.”
We’ve finished the farm tour and are
enjoying a humanely farmed meal at
Hunter’s Head Tavern, the pub-style res-taurant
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table is laden: an Iceberg wedge sal-ad
topped with bacon and egg; chicken
cobb salad; a French dip sandwich with
au Jus; and wienerschnitzel with a lem-on
caper sauce. Douglass orders a roast
beef sandwich with house-made beet
horseradish—holding the ciabatta bun
to avoid the gluten—and insists that ev-eryone
at the table share her strawberry
spinach salad.
She recalls a debate with a radio jour-nalist
who asked for scientific proof that
Certified Humane® meat is tastier than
conventional. “You don’t need science;
you have taste buds,” she told him. At
a 2004 taste test held by at Equinox in
Washington D.C. by chef Todd Gray, all
the humanely farmed meat was cho-sen.
She theorizes that when animals
are slaughtered while in pain or fear, the
adrenaline flooding their bodies ends
up flavoring the meat unpleasantly. Le-rner
credits the very low temperature at
which the meat is processed. “We don’t
melt the fat on the bird. The fat is still
intact in the meat, so it stays really, re-ally
moist when you cook it,” she says.
Douglass first saw a slaughterhouse
on a visit with animal scientist and ac-tivist
Temple Grandin, a member of Hu-mane
Farm’s scientific committee. She
felt trepidation, not knowing what to ex-pect.
It was an especially difficult time
for Douglass since her mother was dying
of cancer. “Those animals went to their
death peacefully. They had no idea. It
was calm and peaceful,” she says. “We
all die and that’s all we can wish for: to
go to our ends peacefully.”
As for Douglass, her plan is to die
at her desk. After using her retirement
funds for Humane Farm Animal Care,
there’s no other choice. In the meantime,
she hopes to push the number of hu-manely
farmed animals to 1 percent of
the total, which would be 100 million
animals a year.
“I am optimistic about the future of
farming,” she says. “Farmers work hard
and they want the best, and we have to
help them succeed.”
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