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I've been trying to find polling data on Proposition2, but this is all I could find. on Prop 2 campaign reports a tidal wave of voter and donor support from Californians backing the effort to stop the cruel and inhumane treatment of animals on industrial factory farms. It's from September 30, from the Humane Society.
Again, thanks to Farmed Animal Net for this update on California's proposition2. California’s Proposition2 is not solely about the California egg business but is also about the egg industry’s national survival, warned Gene Gregory at the annual legislative meeting of United Egg Producers (UEP).
How many people know this about the AnimalWelfare Act? No wonder there is so much "farm" animal abuse out there. Humane treatment runs counter to the entire industry when the point is to make money by processing these animals as fast as possible. Most animals in the U.S. This is really interesting.
California really is at the forefront of animalwelfare and this is an excellent article detailing what's going on in the State and the challenges animalwelfare faces. It also does a great job at profiling Jennifer Fearing who led the victory of Proposition2. She sounds amazing.
Issue 2 in Ohio would create 13-member state board to oversee the care of farm animals in the State. The Humane Society and other groups oppose it as a power grab by big agriculture to prevent another Proposition2 (the initiative passed last year in California to improve standards for farm animal care.)
The American Veterinary Medical Association did NOT support Proposition2. Tags: proposition2 california farm animalwelfare avma. Now they want to be involved in the rule-making. If you want to know why they opposed it, here's a link to their reasoning.
I got curious today and googled "Jennifer Fearing," the woman who led the Yes on Proposition2 campaign. She used to head United Animal Nations too. Tags: proposition2 california humane society farm animalwelfare. It turns out that she was the former Humane Society Chief Economist.
Basically, it sounds like the ag committee will be including food safety and animalwelfare concerns in their discussions. There is definitely a new tide in California, post Proposition2. Tags: california bile farming farm animalwelfare agribusiness food. The ag industry does NOT like this.
Last week there was a slew of articles about the agreement in Ohio between the farm industry and animalwelfare activists to expand cage sizes for calves (veal), hens and pigs. This concession was to avoid a November ballot vote a la California's Proposition2.
9): Thank you for encouraging California voters to support the state’s Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, or Proposition2, on the November ballot. Proposition2 is a modest step that deserves voter support and extension to other states. Consumer boycotts and protective laws are desperately needed.
But to big ag, it's just another step on a slippery slope started by the passage of Proposition2. Californian farmers and ranchers would be prohibited from routinely dosing healthy farm animals with antibiotics under a bill getting its first level of approval on 21 April in the state Senate, reports Central Valley Business Times. "We
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