In 1999 a coalition of anti-meat activist groups tried to capitalize on two ordinary Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) deaths by suing the Federal government, claiming that mad cow disease (and the…
Jeffrey Nelson, the head nanny over at www.vegsource.com, has written a preposterous and irresponsible editorial suggesting that Alzheimer’s disease is both related to mad cow disease and caused…
The upcoming issue of National Review (subscription required) includes a thoughtful article about anti-meat activism in Europe and the United States. Author Jonah Goldberg aptly calls the activists “carnophobes,”…
Today’s Washington Times exposes two great examples of the nanny culture run amok. First, the “Inside Politics” column describes how People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is sending…
If you’ve read our groundbreaking Mad Cow report, you know all about how anti-meat activists have circulated rumors of “mad deer disease” throughout the hunting community, in order to stir…
A North Carolina judge has dismissed a pair of lawsuits brought against the nation’s largest hog producer. The suits had been filed by the Water Keeper Alliance, Robert F. Kennedy,…
Today is Burger King protest day over at the Washington, DC office of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) … or, as these nutty activists call it, “Thursday.”…
As we’ve told you many times, the number of mad cow disease cases in the United States is very easy to quantify: zip, zilch, zero, nada. In Colorado, the…
Referring to mad-cow and foot-and-mouth diseases, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman told the Associated Press yesterday that many Americans are “hearing ‘animal disease’ and they don’t know the difference.” A few…
Yesterday, South Carolina governor Jim Hodges imposed a 15-day moratorium on The Seattle Times is reporting that a Denver hospital spokeswoman, discussing two recent deaths, described Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)…
