The latest in animal rights and vegetarian/vegan news:
The Dodo reports on 2 youngsters on a hunting trip who ended up befriending the deer they were supposed to shoot. Read the full article at https://www.thedodo.com/kids-hunting-befriend-deer-1492464317.html
The Food & Drug Administration has confirmed that arsenic found in certain kinds of chicken feed ends up in the chicken products that consumers purchase at grocery stores. Read the full FDA report at http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/SafetyHealth/ProductSafetyInformation/ucm258313.htm, and a report from MSN at http://www.msn.com/en-ca/foodanddrink/foodnews/finally-the-fda-admits-that-nearly-over-70percent-of-us-chickens-contain-cancer-causing-arsenic/ar-AA8cWca.
One Green Planet reports on Wildlife Services' campaign to remove wild horses from cattle ranches and dairy farms. Many of the wild horses that are put up for adoption by the Bureau of Land Management are sadly sold to slaughterhouses. Read the full story at http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/protected-wild-horses-sent-to-slaughter-after-government-oversight/.
Aired Dec 13, 2015