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Hot Topic: Animal Care
Industry News: January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December
NIAA Publications: 2008 • 2007
Presentations: 2011 NIAA Annual Conference • 2010 NIAA Annual Meeting • 2009 NIAA Annual Meeting • 2008 NIAA Annual Meeting • 2007 NIAA Annual Meeting
Committee: Animal Care
2010-2011 Resolutions: Animal Care Committee • Animal Health & International Trade Committee
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Industry News
APRIL |
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Humane Society of the U.S. Starts Ohio Agriculture Group (4-25-13)
HSUS, Underwood Pressure TN Governor to Veto Bill (4-23-13)
HSUS Director Warned by Feds Over Sore Horse (4-18-13)
Jolley: HSUS hangs Wyoming Premium Farms (4-12-13)
Wayne Pacelle and the HSUS Scam
Animal Rights Groups Sue FDA, USDA Over Egg Cartons (4-2-13)
MARCH |
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FSIS Grants One Downer Petition, Rejects Another (3-25-13)
FEBRUARY |
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Letter: Only Aim of HSUS - End All Animal Agriculture (2-26-13)
Seaboard Settles HSUS Complaint Without FTC Action (2-13-13)
HSUS and Others File Suit to Reinstate Gray Wolf Protections (2-12-13)
South Dakota Ag Groups Fight Animal Rights Legislation (2-11-13)
New Ad Focuses on HSUS' Lack of Support for Animals (2-7-13)
JANUARY |
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The HSUS Releases Annual Ranking of State Animal Protection Laws (Jan. 2013)
Veterinarians Counter HSUS Opposition to Maternity Pens (1-11-13)
Horse Slaughter Suit Hits USDA, Humane Society (1-9-13)
Animal Rights Group Settles Lawsuit With Ringling (1-2-13)
DECEMBER |
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Humane Society Wants Egg Lawsuit Quashed (12-14-12)
Commentary: HSUS and the 'Food Cliff' (12-4-12)
NOVEMBER |
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HSUS Files Complaint Against Nat'l Pork Board's Use of Funds (11-30-12)
HSUS 'A Big Loser' in Elections (11-1212)
OCTOBER |
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HSUS Video, 'A Pig's Tail' Targets Young Children (10-26-12)
Humane Society Wins BENNY Awards for Animal Housing Campaign (10-23-12)
HSUS Criticizes Tyson's Animal Well-Being Audits (10-15-12)
HSUS Attempts to Silence Pork Producers
Dairy Owner Fires Five After Video (10-11-12)
Ad Exposing HSUS's Emotionally Manipulative Message Airs in Iowa (10-8-12)
Commentary: HSUS Fundraising Confusing To Animal Care Supporters (10-2-12)
Humane Society President Seeks Seat on Tyson Board
SEPTEMBER |
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HSUS Sow Stall Effort ''Absolutely Not Justifiable'' (9-25-12)
HSUS Files Suit, NPPC Calls it a Bullying Tactic (9-24-12)
Pregnant Pigs Treated Humanely (9-20-12)
USDA Announces Recent Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act Enforcement Actions (9-17-12)
Humane Handling Is Essential To All Aspects of Beef Industry (9-11-12)
Animal Care Event (9-10-12)
Jolley: Talking Gestation Crates with Matt Prescott of the HSUS (9-4-12)
California Slaughterhouse Reopens with Vow to Not Suffocate Animals or Shock Them in the Face (9-1-12)
AUGUST |
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Butterball Farm Worker Guilty of Animal Cruelty (8-28-12)
Group Protests at Fort Myers Walmart Over Animal Cruelty
Addressing The Emotion Of Animal Welfare (8-22-12)
USDA Announces Recent Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act Enforcement Actions (8-20-12)
HSUS Wants Tyson Foods to Disclose Gestation Stall Plans (8-17-12)
HSUS Ads Spotlight Gestation-Sow Stalls (8-7-12)
HSUS Launching Ad Campaign against Pork Industry (8-3-12)
JULY |
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Alliance Ends 25 Year Relationship With Bank of America (7-30-12)
Radical Animal-Rights Group Not Telling Truth About Animal Care (7-24-12)
Animal Care Panel Reviews MFA Undercover Video (7-17-12)
House Farm Bill Threatens California Animal Welfare Laws (7-13-12)
Animal Rights Activists Say Video Shows Horse Abuse At Reno Rodeo More Extensive Than Thought (7-6-12)
JUNE |
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FAO and OIE Cooperate to Control Foot-And-Mouth Disease (6-27-12)
Treating Mastitis in Dairy Cattle with Vitamin D (6-18-12)
Prevent Undercover Videos With Proper Animal Care
Letters: Humane Treatment Of Poultry Worth Price (6-15-12)
Responding to HSUS' 'Retail Activism' (6-12-12)
Group Demands HSUS CEO To Apologize For Comparing Farming With Slavery
Live from WPX 2012: A Look at the UEP/HSUS Agreement (6-8-12)
Activists Stage Protest at World Pork Expo (6-6-12)
Do Rising Farm Exports Affect Animal Welfare? Interview With HSUS's Paul Shapiro (6-5-12)
MAY |
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Video Draws Animal Cruelty Charges (5-30-12)
Exposed By Graphic Video, Top Horse Trainer Pleads Guilty To Cruelty (5-24-12)
HSUS Takes Tyson Complaint To SEC (5-18-12)
Agriculture Is Supporting Domino's This Weekend
80% Of HSUS Donors Believe the Group Engages in Deceptive Advertising (5-15-12)
USDA Announces Recent Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act Enforcement Actions
Expert Panel Addresses Hidden Camera Investigation at Wyoming Swine Farm (5-9-12)
'Pig Cruelty' Charges Head To Platte Sheriff (5-8-12)
Target 8: Mo. Humane Society Director Salary Raises Questions (5-3-12)
HSUS Battles With The Governor (5-1-12)
CCF Video Spoofs HSUS Ad (5-1-12)
HSUS Battles With The Governor (5-1-12)
NIAA Publications |
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2008
Opening General Session Speakers Tackle Animal Care, Well-Being Issues Head-on (Summer, Animal Agriculture Quarterly)
2007
New Producer-Led Coalition: National Dairy Animal Well-Being Initiative (Fall/Winter, Cattle Health Report)
Presentations
2011 NIAA Annual Conference: Consumers' Stake in Today's Food Production: Meeting Growing Production Demands with Integrity |
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Session I: Elements of a Stable Food Supply
Consumers' Perceptions and Role in Understanding Current and Future Production Practices
Mr. Charlie Arnot, CEO, Center for Food Integrity, Kansas City, MO [Audio]
Equine Committee Session
Nebraska's Legislative Solutions to America's Unwanted Horse Problem (No presentation available)
Tyson Larson, State Senator, Nebraska Legislature
Animal Care Council Session
How American Consumers View American Production Practices
Charlie Arnot, Center for Food Integrity [Audio]
How European Consumers View American Production Practices
Dr. Peter Groot Koerkamp, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
The Impact of Welfare Media Coverage on Meat Demand
Dr. Glynn Tonsor, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University [Audio]
Transgenic Animal Production: Public perceptions and expectations for animal care and welfare (No presentation available)
Dr. William Gavin, Vice President of Farm Operations & Chief Veterinarian, GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Animal Agriculture Advocacy Council Session
USFRA: Building trust in today's agriculture
Hugh Whaley, General Manager, U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance [Audio]
Investigations of HSUS Investigations
Rod Smith, Staff Editor & Writer, Feedstuffs [Audio]
Food Plate Tectonics: Thriving on the fault line
Matt Sutton-Vermeulen, Unison Resource Company, representing Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) [Audio]
The Alliance to Feed the Future Initiative
David Schmidt, President & CEO, International Food Information Council
Session V: Building Consensus and Developing Solutions
Moderator: Ms. Carrie Lee, Anchor, FiOS1 News, Long Island, NY [Video]
Producer Perspectives and Initiatives on Increasing Food Production with Integrity: Hickman's Family Farms
Mr. Clint Hickman, VP of Sales & Marketing, Hickman's Family Farms, Buckeye, AZ [Audio]
Addressing Consumer Concerns with Modern Food Production: Bringing producers, academia, and health professionals together
Mr. David Schmidt, President & CEO, International Food Information Council, Washington, DC
The European Perspective on Initiatives to Increase Food Production Capabilities in Responsible Systems
Dr. Peter Groot Koerkamp, Professor in Biosystems Engineering/Agrotechnology & Interim Professor in Animal Production Systems, Wageningen University, The Netherlands [Audio]
2010 NIAA Annual Meeting: ONE HEALTH: Implications for Animal Agriculture |
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Animal Care Committee Session
Ballot Initiatives: The Ohio experience
Mike Bumgarner, Ohio Farm Bureaue Federation [Audio]
Welfare: The Husbandry-Health Link: The swine perspective
Dr. James McKean, Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostics and Production Animal Management [Audio]
Welfare: The Husbandry-Health Link: A microbiologist's perspective
Dr. Robin Anderson, USDA/ARS [Audio]
Welfare: The Husbandry-Health Link: The poultry perspective
Dr. Pat Wakenell, Purdue University [Audio]
Welfare: The Husbandry-Health Link: The cattle perspective
Dr. Ann Wilkinson, Pfizer Animal Health [Audio]
2009 NIAA Annual Meeting: The Changing Face of Animal Agriculture |
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Animal Care Committee Session
What Face is Currently Seen? What Are the Stories on the Newspaper's Front Page or Television's Evening News?
Update on Soring
Dr. Rachel Cezar, USDA/APHIS/Animal Care
Recent Factors Impacting Equine Welfare
Essie Rogers and Ginny Grulke, Kentucky Horse Council
Ballot Initiatives: How do these things happen?
Dr. Gail Golab, American Veterinary Medical Association
“Humane Officers”: Who are they? How are they identified? What are their rights and responsibilities? (No presentation available)
Becky Reiter, Boone County and Kentucky Animal Control Boards
How We Shape the Face of Animal Care in American Agriculture
Shaping Public Opinion: How the pork industry does it
Sherrie Niekamp, National Pork Board
Shaping Public Opinion: How the dairy industry does it
Dr. Jamie Jonker, National Milk Producers Federation
Equine Committee Session
Equine Industry Welfare Initiatives
NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance
Peggy Hendershot, National Thoroughbred Racing Association
Equine Welfare and Safety at USEF
Beth Taylor, United States Equestrian Federation
AAEP Welfare Initiatives (No presentation available)
Sally Baker, American Association of Equine Practitioners
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium: An introduction
Hallie Roach, Racing Medication and Testing Consortium
2008 NIAA Annual Meeting: Animal Care and Well-Being: Facts NOT Fiction |
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Opening General Session
Animals Past, Animals Future: The development and direction of the animal protection movement
Dr. Wes Jamison, University of Florida
Animal Care: Diverging ethical perspectives
Dr. Ray Stricklin, University of Maryland [Audio]
Remarks About U.S. Animal Agriculture
Secretary Ed Schafer, U.S. Department of Agriculture [Audio]
The US Political Arena: On the table, and on the horizon (No Presentation Available)
Steve Kopperud, Policy Directions, Inc. [Audio]
Protecting Our Freedom to Operate: How do we earn and maintain the social license we need to protect our freedom to operate?
Charlie Arnot, CMA Consulting [Audio]
Animal Care Committee Session
Looking in the Mirror
Equine Industry:
Animal Welfare 2007-2008: A Kentucky perspective
Dr. Robert Stout, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
Soring
Dr. Rachel Cezar, USDA/APHIS Animal Care [Audio]
Euthanasia
Dr. Gail C. Golab, American Veterinary Medical Association [Audio]
The Politics of Issues Like Lamb Taildocking
Dr. Jeff Goodwin, Colorado State University [Audio]
Looking in the Future
Poultry Industry UEP (No Presentation Available)
Gene Gregory, United Egg Producers
American Veal: Excellence in agriculture
Bryan Scott, American Veal Association
The Pork Industry: Shaping our future
Sherrie Niekamp, National Pork Board
Cattle Health Committee Session
The National Dairy Animal Well-Being Initiative
Dr. Jamie S. Jonker, National Milk Producers Federation [Audio]
Talking to Consumers about Farm Animal Welfare
Dr. Bailey Norwood, Oklahoma State University [Audio]
The Beef Industry's Response to Animal Welfare
Dr. Bob Smith, VRCS, LLC [Audio]
Sheep & Goat Health Committee Session
Sheep and Goat Welfare Issues: Being proactive (No Presentation Available)
Dr. Stan Curtis, University of Illinois [Audio]
Animal Health & International Trade Committee Session
OIE Animal Welfare Perspective
Dr. Dave Harlan, Cargill [Audio]
Animal Welfare Research and Policies in Europe: Potential implications for animal agriculture in the USA
Dr. Ed Pajor, Purdue University [Audio]
Animal Welfare and the Scientific Method
Dr. Suzanne Millman, Iowa State University [Audio]
Animal Production Food Safety & Security Committee Session
European Union: Consumer driven animal welfare and food safety
Jostein Dragset, European Commission, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General [Audio]
Farm Animal Care and Auditing: A 10,000 foot view of the present
Mike Simpson, Professional Animal Auditors Certification Organization
2007 Annual Meeting: BioFuels Energy: Animal Agriculture at the Crossroads |
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Animal Care Committee Session
Mass Depopulations: Techniques, Strategies, and Considerations
Dr. Kevin Varner, USDA, APHIS, Veterinary Services
Contemporary Issues in Today’s Welfare
Dr. Chris Ashworth, Monsanto Choice Genetics
2010-2011 Resolutions |
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- Animal Care Committee
- Animal Health & International Trade Committee: Animal Welfare Research
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