Last week a coalition of animal advocates, food safety
experts, and others proposed the Prevention
of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act, which would require that pork, eggs, and
veal produced or sold in California come from animals who are not kept in cages.
The proposed ballot initiative, which could see a vote in
the 2018 election, would upgrade the state’s existing farmed animal protection
laws, Proposition 2 and AB 1437, by setting more comprehensive space
requirements that protect virtually every cow, chicken, and pig in California
from a lifetime in a barbaric crate or cage. It would also require that pork,
eggs, and veal sold in California come from animals afforded the same
protections. This would spare countless farmed animals from some of the worst systemic
animal abuse.
To get this measure
on the November 2018 ballot, advocates must collect 500,000 signatures from
California voters in just 180 days. If
you live in the state, this is your chance to make a major difference!
Please sign up to help gather signatures by visiting PreventCrueltyCa.com.
Initiatives like this are crucial, since not
a single federal law protects animals during their lives at factory farms.
The meat, dairy, and egg industries make it seem like farmed
animals live in beautiful open pastures, but the truth is that nearly all
farmed animals are kept in enclosures so small the animals are unable to turn
around.
See for yourself.
While measures like this are progress, they still leave
farmed animals open to other horribly abusive standard practices, such as brutal
mutilations without painkillers; denial of individual veterinary care; and a
ruthless, unnecessary slaughter.
The best decision anyone can make to help stop this cruelty
is simply to boycott the industry that inflicts it. Click here to learn more about switching to a
compassionate vegan diet.