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Kenny Torrella

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Writing @voxdotcom on factory farming and the future of meat.
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There’s an escaped giraffe on the run in Texas. Why was she there at all? Original

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By Kenny Torrella Verified
| Future Perfect Verified
In mid-June, a giraffe named Gracie escaped from a ranch in Texas located about 100 miles west of San Antonio. An intensive search — including helicopters and drones — is still underway in Texas Hill Country, and a $5,000 award awaits whoever finds her. Like many charismatic animals who’ve escaped their confines, Gracie has gone viral. But the attention paid to her escape is largely lighthearted.
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The hidden factory farms behind America’s pet snake boom

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By Kenny Torrella Verified
| Yahoo Verified
You might have particular feelings about snakes, but for millions of Americans they're a member of the household. And their popularity as pets has only been growing: From 2018 to 2024, the number of households that own a pet snake rose from about 810,000 to 1.3 million. And the share of snake-owning households with more than three snakes doubled over that time period. Key takeaways About 1.3 million households in the US have at least one pet snake — a number that's rapidly grown since the 2010s.
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A new investigation reveals why you can’t take meat companies at their word

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By Kenny Torrella Verified
| Yahoo Verified
This is a familiar pattern to animal protection groups: They investigate a farm or meat producer, the company apologizes and promises to change, yet follow-up investigations reveal continued abuse and terrible living conditions. | Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty Images Key takeaways In 2019, Animal Outlook — an animal protection nonprofit — exposed cruelty at a salmon hatchery in Maine. The company apologized and committed to reforms.
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