Slaughterhouse exec defends himself (AP via Yahoo! News) The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse at the center of the largest beef recall in U.S. history said Wednesday no unsafe beef was processed at his plant and a video showing ill cows being pushed with a forklift depicted animals headed for euthanasia — not the food supply. [News Source]

Animal advocates’ new weapon: Video sharing (International Herald Tribune) The animal rights movement in the United States has discovered that downloadable video can be the most potent weapon in its arsenal. [News Source]

Increased NIH Funding Called For To Prevent US Loss Of A Generation Of Young Researchers (Medical News Today) Five consecutive years of flat funding the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is deterring promising young researchers and threatening the future of Americans' health, a group of seven preeminent academic research institutions has warned. [News Source]

Upton Sinclair, Now Playing on YouTube (New York Times) Tiny cameras, the rise of YouTube and the growing appeal of so-called citizen journalism has done for animal rights advocates what the best-organized protest could not. [News Source]

Slaughterhouse had previous abuse citations (Orange County Register) Chino slaughterhouse won a U.S. award for supplying meat for school lunches. But plant had a history of inhumane treatment of cows. OC owner will testify in Washington Wednesday. [News Source]