August 2011
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Plastic Made From Cheese.
Scientists in Spain are onto a new process that allows them to turn a cheese byproduct called whey into thin plastic wrap.
Whey collected from cheese making can be broken down, filtered, and sprayed to create thin layers. They layers are combined to create a tough plastic film. The plastic film is air-tight, water resistant, and can be degraded with the use of a special enzyme bath.
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Snail Liberation Front Strikes Again.
The Snail Liberation Front has foiled a snail abuser’s plans by rescuing 17 Gaint African snails from eminent death.
In an anonymous communique in Bite Back Magazine, the Snail Liberation Front writes:
“ALL beings want to live, sticky, furry, and furless…All are equal!”
It’s not clear what the snails were being used for but most likely they would have been...
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Search For Fugitive Cow Called Off.
Yvonne, the cow who escaped slaughter and has been on the run since on May 24th, is finally free to roam.
Hunters who’ve exhaustively searched for the 6-year old cow for months have finally called off the search. Her trackers declared the little cow “as nimble as a weasel.” The shoot-to-kill mission has been cancelled and no more rewards for her capture are available.
Yvonne...
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Dairies Pollute Lake, Blame Community.
Waste pollution from a vast network of dairies in New Zealand has been flowing into a local lake to make it the most polluted body of water in the country but the dairy industry refuses to take the blame.
Lake Ellesmere has become New Zealand’s most polluted lake. Waste water run-off from the dairies in the area have collected in the lake and effectively destroyed the ecosystem. After...
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Giant Rat Stabbed With Pitchfork.
A New York Housing Authority worker snapped a disturbing picture of himself after he used a pitchfork to stab and kill a 3-foot long rat at the Marcy Houses in Brooklyn.
Jose Rivera beat and stabbed the giant rat after he was startled. Jose told press, “I hit it one time and it was still moving. I hit it another time and that’s when it died.” Classy.
This particular rat was...
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Man Eats Jar of 70-Year Old Beef.
A Swedish man is doing surprisingly well after ingesting 70-year old beef found sitting on a shelf.
Eskil Carlsson had been drooling over the brisket in his in-laws pantry since 1940. It had been sitting there, sealed in a glass jar, since the days of WWII food rationing. Even though the meat looked completely diseased and was soaking in white goo, Eskil decided he would cook it up for his...
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Increase in Plastic Surgery For Pets.
Nose jobs, eye lifts, and implants are all common plastic surgery procedures that have become more popular in recent years, and not just in humans.
The Telegraph UK reports that pet insurance claims for plastic surgery are up 25% in the past three years. Surgeries range from liposuction and tummy tucks to nose jobs and testicle implants. After a male dog’s testicles are removed...
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KFC Opens First Location in East Africa.
Next time you’re in Kenya you just might see the familar face of the Colonel staring back at you from the side of a bucket of chicken.
KFC continues their quest for world domination with one location in a Nairobi mall and plans to expand to 1,200 locations in Africa over the next three years. Operating internationally is nothing new for KFC. The brand already owns over 15,000 stores in...
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Dog Thefts Rise 50%.
Dog thefts are on the rise as the economy continues it’s steady decline.
The American Kennel Club (AKC) is reporting that theft and kidnapping of dogs is up 50% from this time last year. Thieves are taking dogs from cars, outside of shops and restaurants, and even from yards. Smaller breeds like Pomeranians and Pugs are easier targets but the AKC says reports are related to all breeds...
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Tainted Honey Hits American Shelves.
Authorities have reason to believe that millions of pounds of tainted honey produced in China has been brought into the US market through India.
The honey is believed to contain dangerous lead and animal antibiotics. The antibiotic found in the honey is called “Chloramphenicol” and has been linked to fatal reactions in 1 out of 30,000 people who consume it as well as an increased...
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Food Network Stops Using Shark Meat.
The Food Network has formally agreed to stop cooking with and promoting the use of shark meat.
Over 73 million sharks are caught and killed every year. Over fishing of sharks and their prey has led to a population decline of over 90% of all the world’s sharks in the last few years. Seemingly unaware of the damage their cooking is causing the planet, The Food Network and the Cooking...
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Day of Fasting Included Hot Dogs.
Everybody knows, if you’re going to pray and fast for 7 hours straight, you gotta have good snacks on hand to help keep the energy up.
Thirty-thousand Christians packed into Reliant Stadium in Texas to pray and fast for 7 hours straight. The fasting was less like actual fasting and more like light snacking on hot dogs. The Texas Tribune reports that, while many followed the fasting...
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Alligator Fat, The New Bio-Fuel.
Looking to justify the slaughter of thousands of captive and wild alligators every year, scientists are hard at work trying to develop a way to turn alligator fat into fuel.
Alligator farming is big business. Facilities all over America raise gators in tiny concrete tanks to use their skin for fashion and their teeth presumably for Crocodile Dundee merch. Some of these facilities house over...
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Facebook Labels Animal Rights As Spam.
Facebook’s updated spam policy is being used to block articles related to animal rights from being posted to fan pages and walls throughout the social network.
Some Facebook users are reporting that after posting animal rights related content, Facebook placed a lock on their wall and deemed their content “spam or irrelevant content.” The site is also sending automated threat...
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$40 Mil Bailout For Chicken Industry.
Because corporations can’t be held accountable for irresponsible business practices, the US government has issued yet another corporate bailout, this time for the chicken industry.
The industry predicted their market would grow in 2010-11 so they bred and killed more chickens in anticipation. Their market predictions were wrong. Instead of growing, demand for chicken meat declined by 6%...
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Fugitive Cow Still On The Lam.
A brave cow in Germany escaped a slaughterhouse in May when she was mere moments away from being turned into ground beef. She is still on the loose and officials are calling in reinforcements.
While she was being prepared for slaughter, 6-year old cow, Yvonne, sensed that something was just not right. Presumably hip to the fact that she was about to be brutally slaughtered for meat, Yvonne...
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Buy McDonalds, Plant A Tree.*
*a tree will most likely not be planted.
In a blatantly obvious attempt to pretend they give a shit, McDonald’s is working with notorious greenwashing corporate alliance Keep America Beautiful to plant a tree for every Smurf themed Happy Meal sold.
McDonalds and Keep America Beautiful are being very deceptive. Trees will only be planted if the Happy Meal customer chooses apples over...
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Tortured Bear Kills Cub, Then Self.
A mother bear held in captivity on a bile farm in China was driven to kill her cub before committing suicide.
A belief held in traditional Chinese medicine is that the consumption of bear bile can have incredible healing powers. The estimated 14,000 bears in captivity for the bile industry have holes drilled in their gallbladders so that bile can be constantly drained out and sold. The bears...
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Sick Ringling Elephant Collapses.
An elephant in the Ringling Bros. Circus was filmed by activists after she collapsed on a sidewalk following an Anaheim, California performance.
The 54-year old Asian elephant, Sarah, was filmed lying totally still on an Anaheim sidewalk. Ringling Bros. crew members gathered around her struggling to keep concerned onlookers away. The incident is one more piece of evidence in the ongoing case...
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USDA Found Cargill Salmonella in '10.
News about the recent recall of 36 million pounds of salmonella contaminated turkey meat just keeps getting worse and it appears that USDA is partly to blame.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the USDA knew about the deadly salmonella contamination at Cargill in 2010 but didn’t issue a recall until August 3rd of 2011. “We have constraints when it comes to salmonella,” says...
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Fake Blood Banned From Protests.
A British court has ruled that activists protesting an animal testing lab are banned from wearing clothing stained in fake blood.
Activists from Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty and the National Anti-Vivisection Alliance are protesting Harlan Laboratories facilities all across the UK. Part of their demonstration tactics involve wearing clothes stained in fake blood to highlight the cruelty and...
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Rick Ross Invests in Chicken Chain.
Heavyweight rapper and “Teflon Don”, Rick Ross, has announced that he will soon be entering the chicken wing business.
Rick Ross has become a major investor in the chicken wing chain Wingstop and he plans to open up a few locations in Memphis, Tennessee later this year. Speaking about this new venture, Ross told AllHipHop.com “after tasting Wingstop’s signature lemon...
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Tofurky Builds $10 Million Eco-factory.
Turtle Islands Foods, the makers of Tofurky products, announced that they’re planning to build a $10 million eco-friendly processing plant.
The plant will be one of the most eco-friendly food processing facilities in the country. It will be solar powered, high efficiency, and also recycle water used in food processing to heat and cool the 33,000 square foot building. Made from 45%...
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Johnny Rotten's Butter Commercial.
Once a self-described anarchist, Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten is now the poster child for Country Life Butter.
Punk rock legend Johnny Rotten (or John Lyndon as he was born) got a major wad of cash when he agreed to star in a commercial for one of Britain’s biggest butter companies. Rotten is now using the money from his 2008 butter contract to finance his new band’s album and...
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ALF Destroys German Factory Farm.
The Animal Liberation Front has taken credit for the destruction of a planned chicken factory in Germany.
A statement from someone close to the action appeared on Bite Back Magazine’s Dairy of Actions claiming that the ALF intentionally brunt down a factory farm just before construction could be completed. No one was harmed and the incident will cost the factory owner just under $1...
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American Apparel CEO's BBQ Joint.
Dov Charney, the notorious CEO/founder of the nearly bankrupt hipster fashion house American Apparel, is investing in a New York BBQ restaurant.
The new BBQ restaurant is set to open in New York’s Lower East Side and serve traditional BBQ fare including fried pork chops and lard biscuits with red-eye gravy. The restaurant’s co-owner and head chef says they’ll also serve the...
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Ford to Make Cars From Soy.
As part of their effort to make a more eco-friendly car, the Ford Motor Company has announced that they hope to begin making car parts from soy.
For now, Ford is only making gaskets from soy but they hope to expand to other parts of the car soon. The soy gaskets are made from a combination of recycled tires, soy, and new material. The innovation has led to the recycling of 2.2 million pounds of...
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Starbucks Bistro Boxes Have Listeria.
Fresh out of the gate with their much hyped Bistro Boxes, Starbucks is now being rattled by a massive recall due to the presence of deadly Listeria on their cold meat meals.
So far, Listeria has been discovered in the chicken, salami, and cheese bistro boxes in Alabama and Georgia. No known cases of illness have been reported in connection with the products but the USDA has mandated that they...
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July's Top Stories.
This month really flew by and between ALF attacks on McDonalds and Coke beating up pigeons, it’s been wild. A lot of great debate and conversations on our Facebook page and lots of new friends on our twitter. I’m looking forward to what August holds but for now, here are our top stories from July:
5. Eating fish Means Eating Plastic.
1-in-10 fish filled with plastic waste once...