Lake Erie Advocates
Formerly Advocates for a Clean Lake Erie (ACLE)
Fighting to end this shame!
LEA defends Lake Erie from assaults by animal factories and other polluting sources to sustain the lake's health for all life that depends on it.
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"The 3rd Battle for Lake Erie" -
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“We’re Cooked” is a NY Times Opinion Video series about our broken food system and the three chances you get to help fix it — and save the planet — every day.
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Bird Flu and CAFOs: The Looming Crisis We Can’t Ignore
At our January meeting, Dr. Joan Duggan, M.D., M.P.H., Former Director of Infectious Disease at the University of Toledo Medical College, presented research on the growing threat of H5N1 (avian flu). She highlighted concerns about its potential to become highly contagious among humans, the role of CAFOs in viral mutations, and the challenges in monitoring its spread. While no human-to-human transmission has been documented yet, the sheer scale of exposure to infected animals raises serious public health crisis.
Animal Outlook released an exclusive exposé revealing the truth about ventilation shutdown, a method of killing thousands of animals at once on factory farms.
The footage, obtained by Animal Outlook through public record requests, shows researchers at North Carolina State University observing chickens in clear boxes as they used various combinations of shutting off airflow, pumping in carbon dioxide, and increasing heat to test different methods of killing the birds.
Please note that this video is age-restricted and only available on YouTube. Viewer discretion is advised.
Mass-Killing Methods
Learn more about industrial chickens
Farmer Craig Watts is not your typical whistleblower but six months ago he embarked on a journey to expose what he calls hidden injustices in the chicken industry.
A new Mercy For Animals undercover investigation exposes sickening cruelty to animals at a farm that produces eggs sold across the United States. Hidden-camera video shows hens crammed in tiny cages barely able to move without climbing over other birds. Dead hens, rotted beyond recognition, are left in cages with hens still laying eggs for human consumption. We can stop this blatant animal abuse. Learn more and take action at http://www.EggAbuse.com.
The video reveals tens of thousands of birds crammed into filthy sheds. Because their organs often cannot support the birds’ unnaturally fast and massive growth, some don’t live long enough to make it to slaughter. Dead chickens routinely go unnoticed and remain in the barns alongside the living.
New research suggests that the majority of keel bone fractures in commercial laying hens are caused by large eggs, amid calls for consumers to eat a variety of sizes to stem the welfare issue.
