The following statement regarding The Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act may be attributed to Alex Cerussi, Senior State Policy Manager at Mercy For Animals:
As Winter Storm Fern brings dangerous cold and extreme weather across much of the country, it underscores a serious and often overlooked problem in our food system: farmed animals are routinely transported for hours, or even days, without adequate protection from life-threatening temperatures.
Existing transport standards are insufficient and often unenforced, leaving animals vulnerable to hypothermia, injury, and death during extreme weather events like this one. The Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act is a commonsense solution that would increase accountability, strengthen basic protections, and reduce unnecessary suffering.
Moments like this storm remind us why action is needed now. By supporting this bill, lawmakers have an opportunity to protect animals, improve food system resilience, and respond responsibly to the growing reality of extreme weather.
— Alex Cerussi, Senior State Policy Manager at Mercy For Animals
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