October 7, 2008
Tour American Humane’s Red Star Animal Emergency Services™ Rescue Rig at Home Depot in Jasper, Ga
- The American Humane Association’s 82-foot-long Red Star Animal Emergency Services™ Rescue Rig will be open for free tours in The Home Depot parking lot in Jasper, Ga., on Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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October 6, 2008
America’s Fastest-Growing Farm Animal Welfare Label American Humane Certified™ to Exhibit at Natural Products Expo East in Boston
- American Humane Certified™ will exhibit at the Natural Products Expo East in Boston, Oct. 16 -18, to showcase the fastest-growing animal welfare label for food producers. The program provides independent certification of the humane treatment and care of farm animals.
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October 6, 2008
American Humane Appoints Marie McCabe, DVM, as Vice President of New Human-Animal Bond Division
- The American Humane Association today introduced Marie Suthers McCabe, DVM, as vice president of the association’s new Human-Animal Bond Division.
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October 3, 2008
American Humane Certified™ Sets the First Ever Humane Table
- Animal-loving omnivores are finding a growing number of delicious options to meet their dietary needs, by seeking out the American Humane Certified seal on meat, eggs and dairy products. On Oct. 9, invited guests in Denver will have a chance to experience an exceptionally fine dining experience featuring all humanely raised products.
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September 29, 2008
American Humane and GCB Foods Launch Innovative ‘Industry First’ With Live Video Monitoring of Cage-Free Egg Facility
- American Humane Certified™ announced today that GCB Foods LLC, a family owned, cage-free egg production company in Nashville, N.C., has been Certified with the program, and is also the first of American Humane Certified’s many existing food producers in the U.S. to operate under American Humane Certified’s new, three-tiered auditing system.
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September 24, 2008
Tour American Humane’s Animal Rescue Rig at Feet n’ Fur Day
- The American Humane Association’s 82-foot-long animal Rescue Rig will be open for free tours during Pueblo Animal Services’ 2008 Feet n’ Fur Day event on Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Colorado State Fairgrounds in Pueblo, Colo. The rig has just returned from being deployed in Louisiana and Texas for four weeks to support American Humane’s Red Star Animal Emergency Services™ animal search-and-rescue and sheltering efforts after Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
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September 23, 2008
This October, Bring Home a Shelter Dog for American Humane’s Adopt-A-Dog Month®
- The housing crisis and economic turmoil have taken their toll on an unexpected group: dogs. Driven largely by the rising tide of home foreclosures, animal shelters across the country are overpopulated with furry friends.
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September 19, 2008
‘Atrocious’ Abuse Avoidable
- Video surveillance and security company HS3 Technologies, Inc., in conjunction with the American Humane Association, is working to enhance farm animal welfare and prevent incidents such as the one reported Tuesday by AP reporter Frederic J. Frommer, who described an undercover video taken at an Iowa pig farm.
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September 15, 2008
American Humane Association Dispatches Emergency Responders To Assist With Animal Rescue Efforts in Texas After Hurricane Ike
- The American Humane Association has deployed its Red Star Animal Emergency Services™ team and equipment to Texas to assist as needed with field assessments and search-and-rescue and sheltering operations for animals affected by Hurricane Ike.
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September 9, 2008
American Humane Certified™ Announces Animal Welfare Auditing Relationship with Milk & Dairy Beef Quality Assurance Center
- The Milk and Dairy Beef Quality Assurance Center (DQA) in Stratford, Iowa, which represents more than 9,000 dairies, and the American Humane Certified™ farm animal welfare program have agreed that DQA will recognize American Humane Certified dairies in good standing with DQA as also meeting the DQA FIVE-STAR dairy welfare standards
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September 5, 2008
Nearly Half of Americans Won’t Flee Without Fido
- A 2007 survey by the American Humane Association found that 47 percent of Americans would refuse rescue assistance if it meant leaving without their family pet. With Hurricanes Hanna, Ike and Josephine moving towards the U.S. coast, residents and officials should begin properly planning for their pets’ care during an evacuation.
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August 31, 2008
American Humane Association Assisting in Animal Sheltering in Louisiana as Hurricane Gustav Approaches
- The American Humane Association has deployed a team of Animal Emergency Services personnel to Shreveport, La., to assist in sheltering Louisiana residents’ pets as evacuees flee their homes ahead of Hurricane Gustav.
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August 26, 2008
American Humane Launches New Website For Its Farm Animal Welfare Certification Program
- TheHumaneTouch.org website is American Humane Certified’s™ latest tool for consumers to learn more about the humane treatment of farm animals used to produce food. Launched on Aug. 14, the site is a resource for consumers, producers, retailers and the food service industry to learn more about animal welfare standards.
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August 20, 2008
September Proposed as ‘National Link Awareness Month’ to Highlight Connection Between Animal Abuse and Societal Violence
- In 1894, the American Humane Association first noted a connection between animal abuse and other forms of societal violence. More than 100 years later, this connection -- which American Humane now calls The Link® -- is internationally recognized.
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August 18, 2008
HS3 Technologies Announces Signing an Exclusive Agreement with the American Humane Association
- Acres HS3 Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: HSTH), a worldwide provider of innovative security and video monitoring solutions, today announces the signing of an agreement with the 131-year-old AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION (AHA).
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July 19, 2008
CATalyst Council Forms to Address Feline Health Care; Organization Seeks Broad Industry & Allied Support
- AVMA Annual Convention, New Orleans, La., July 19, 2008 -- Building on the momentum of the CATalyst Summit in early February of this year, the CATalyst Council, Inc. announces its formation to address alarming statistics about feline health care and welfare in the United States. Dan Kramer, senior marketing manager, Pfizer Animal Health will serve as chair.
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July 10, 2008
Midwest Animal Rescue Operation Ends in Success, 69 Pigs Brought to Safety
- After nearly three weeks on the ground undertaking an unprecedented disaster response effort, animal protection groups are bringing the last of the 69 pigs rescued from the floods in the Midwest to their new home.
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July 8, 2008
Old Chatham Sheepherding Company, Largest U.S. Dairy Sheep Farm, Receives American Humane Certified™ Designation
- The Old Chatham Sheepherding Company of Old Chatham, N.Y., has been certified by the American Humane Association’s farm animal-welfare program. American Humane Certified™ is the nation’s original farm animal-welfare label.
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July 7, 2008
Heartland Meats Receives American Humane Certified™ Designation
- Heartland Meats Inc. of Mendota, Ill., has been certified by the American Humane Association’s farm animal-welfare program. American Humane Certified™ is the nation’s original farm animal-welfare label.
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June 30, 2008
Pig rescue operation yielding success in Midwest
- Animal rescue groups are facing many obstacles today as they begin an operation to save 50-plus pigs stranded on the so called ‘Big Ditch’ levee in Oakville, Iowa. The flood waters have receded several feet in recent days and this will present significant challenges for getting the boats into the water and reaching the levee.
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