Something smells: government regulation is not keeping up with the growth of factory hog farms.
ON CANADA DAY, the domestic pig population was 14,644,000. (1) That's one pig for every two people. Over a third of these pigs were being raised in big industrial operations with more than 4500 animals each. (2) Next year, if the trends continue, there will be even more pigs...

Going hog-wild! Neighbors up in arms over pig farms.
MILO, Iowa--Not since the three pigs squared off against the big bad wolf has there been such stink over where pigs should live. The pigs at the center of today's controversy, though, don't come from a storybook. They are real pigs, which provide us with pork, ham, and...

Intensive hog farming in Manitoba: transnational treadmills and local conflicts *.
THE TRAGEDY IN WALKERTON, ONTARIO, and growing fears of water contamination in other parts of rural Canada, have added to the debate about intensive livestock operations (ILOs) designed for the large-scale factory farming of animals (Edwards and Ladd, 2000; Thu, 1996; Thu and Durrenberger, 1994; Durning and Brough, 1991)....

Watch out for killer algae: years of dumping hog wastes into North Carolina rivers has created a monster.
Imagine a microscopic marine predator which can spend years at a time without food, but which, when conditions are favorable, suddenly emerges from the sediment, changes shape and kills millions of fish after stunning them with a poison so powerful it can cause immuno-suppression in humans. Find it hard to...

Working to lessen odors from high plains hog farms. (EH Update).
Researchers in the Texas Tech University (TTU) College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources are developing a way to eliminate the stink associated with the hog industry. They are raising pigs in what is called the "Sustainable Pork" production system, which rears the pigs under conditions that are more...

Hog raisers to hold confab in Cebu.
The country?s biggest national federation of commercial hog raisers will hold its 12th national convention and exhibit in Cebu City on April 25 to 26. This is the National Federation of Hog Farmers, Inc. (NFHFI) headed by chairman Nemesio Co which counts on 20-member associations across the...

Hog raisers to hold confab in Cebu.
The countrys biggest national federation of commercial hog raisers will hold its 12th national convention and exhibit in Cebu City on April 25 to 26. This is the National Federation of Hog Farmers, Inc. (NFHFI) headed by chairman Nemesio Co which counts on 20-member associations across the...

Alternative to pork factory farms garners support. (EH Update).
The Problem The environmental and humanitarian problems associated with industrial livestock operations are causing growing concern. Factory farms have largely replaced traditional family farms; over the past 15 years, the number of hogs raised in the United States has remained about the same, but the number of...

Pigging Out.
Huge pork producers devour small farmers Linus Solberg's hogs are giving birth again this spring. Purebred hogs have been the mainstay of his farm near Cylinder, Iowa, every year since 1958. "I really like hogs," says Solberg. "Hogs were one of the reasons I decided to get...

Animal law comes into its own: as Americans place more value - monetarily and otherwise - on pets, the importance of animal law is growing. Here's an Illinois-focused look at this emerging.
What on earth is this thing called animal law? Is the idea to give chimpanzees the right to vote? Spotted owls and snail darters the right to own land? Will cats be suing their owners for feeding them store brand food instead of Fancy Feast? And, pray tell, how...