Animal Rights: August 2004 Archives

By Alex Kirby
BBC News Online environment correspondent

Livestock needs a lot of water
World water supplies will not be enough for our descendants to enjoy the sort of diet the West eats now, experts say. The World Water Week in Stockholm will be told the growth in demand for meat and dairy products is unsustainable.

Poultry processor takes action after a PETA video shows animal cruelty
at one of its facilities

July 21, 2004: 7:32 PM EDT

DENVER (Reuters) - Poultry processor Pilgrim's Pride said Wednesday it
fired 11 employees at its Moorfield, West Virginia, facility after a
video from animal rights group PETA showed cruelty to chickens.