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ACT RADIO: ACT Radio News

C Jonathan Troung, Center for Biological Diversity

    Hosts Greg Lawson, Liz Walsh, and Tom Linney share animal/vegan-related news:

The Animal Legal Defense Fund has released information documenting abuses towards chickens and workers at a Tyson Foods chicken slaughter plant.   http://aldf.org/about-us/programs/undercover-investigations-program/tyson-cruelty/

Another incident of animal abuse has been documented at a Tennessee chicken farm.  The undercover video was released by Mercy for Animals http://www.mercyforanimals.org/.  The chickens at the farm were used for chicken McNuggets at McDonald's restaurants.

Endangered jaguars in New Mexico are finding their designated habitat threatened by ranching interests.  http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/

Aired Sept 27, 2015.

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