Official Statements
Statement from Mercy For Animals on H5N1 avian flu outbreak in Nebraska
The following statement on Nebraska’s avian flu outbreak may be attributed to Walter Sánchez-Suárez, Animal Behavior and Welfare Scientist at Mercy For Animals: This latest outbreak in a Nebraska dairy herd clearly illustrates the severity of the H5N1 avian influenza epidemic that has plagued U.S. farms since 2022. The continued presence of highly pathogenic avian […]
Statement from Mercy For Animals scientists on H5N1 avian flu outbreak in South Dakota
The following statement on South Dakota’s avian flu outbreak may be attributed to Walter Sánchez-Suárez, Animal Behavior and Welfare Scientist at Mercy For Animals: This latest outbreak, on a South Dakota turkey farm, clearly indicates the severity of the H5N1 avian influenza epidemic that has ravaged U.S. poultry farms since 2022. The persistence of highly […]
Statement from Arash Yomtobian, President at Mercy For Animals
The following statement may be attributed to Arash Yomtobian, President of Mercy For Animals : The way we treat our planet and all its inhabitants is one of the greatest moral and evolutionary tests of our time, and right now, the stakes could not be higher. Factory farming inflicts immense suffering, fuels environmental breakdown, and […]
Statement from Mercy For Animals on Challenge to Biggby Coffee to Drop Plant-Based Milk Upcharge
The following statement regarding Mercy For Animals’ pledge to match Biggby Coffee’s donations to Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control may be attributed to Jennifer Behr, Director of Plant-Based Initiatives at Mercy For Animals: Mercy For Animals commends Biggby Coffee for supporting Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control through its Coffee for Claws campaign. In […]
Statement from Mercy For Animals on the reintroduction of the Pigs and Public Health Act by Rep. Escobar
The following statement on the reintroduction of the Pigs and Public Health Act by Rep. Escobar may be attributed to Frances Chrzan, Senior Federal Policy Manager at Mercy For Animals: For years, experts have warned about the zoonotic disease threat factory farming poses. With the current, unprecedented outbreak of bird flu in the United States, […]
Statement from Mercy For Animals on House Agriculture Committee’s Proposition 12 Hearing
The following statement on the House Committee on Agriculture’s hearing regarding California’s Proposition 12 may be attributed to Leah Garcés, CEO and President of Mercy For Animals: In response to the House Committee on Agriculture’s hearing on California’s Proposition 12 today, Mercy For Animals emphasizes that Prop 12 represents the clear will of the people, […]
Statement from Mercy For Animals on 7 Brew Coffee Eliminating Plant-Based Milk Upcharge
The following statement regarding 7 Brew Coffee removing their plant-based milk upcharge may be attributed to Jennifer Behr, Director of Plant-Based Initiatives at Mercy For Animals: By offering plant-based milks at no additional charge, 7 Brew is doing right by its customers, the animals and the planet. The company has joined hundreds of other coffee […]
Statement from Mercy For Animals on Mexico’s First Confirmed Human Case of Bird Flu
The following statement regarding Mexico’s first confirmed human case of H5N1 may be attributed to Walter Sánchez-Suárez, Animal Behavior and Welfare Scientist at Mercy For Animals: This tragic case should remind us of the gravity of the situation we face, where industrial animal agriculture plays a central role in contributing to the spread of avian […]
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