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Photo credit: Jo-Anne McArthur • We Animals
Many of you know, but as a reminder, California voters passed a historic proposition in 2018, Prop 12. It is a landmark animal welfare law that establishes minimum space requirements for breeding pigs, veal calves, and egg-laying hens. It prohibits the sale of pork, veal, and eggs in California that are produced in confinement systems deemed "cruel" by the state, regardless of whether the animals were raised in California or another state.
Since it's passage, the pork industry has been incessantly lobbying Congress to pass federal legislation which would override Prop 12 and thus allow the sale of any pork products which were produced from pigs which were kept in gestation crates, which confine the animal from moving in any direction.
The bad news: the proposed Farm Bill, which is only voted on every 5 years, has language that the pork industry wants in it!
If this current version of the Farm Bill is passed as is, not only will it kill Prop 12's protection for pigs, but it will also prevent all other state's from passing animal protections for farm animals.
In order to save Prop 12, it is imperative that the Farm Bill is amended to strip out the BAD language. And there is an amendment that does that!
We need to support the Luna-Costa Amendment which will save Prop 12 and allow other states to enact their own cruelty-free legislation!
It will be voted on next week!
Please call you House of Representative TODAY!
FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE HERE
After you input your zip code and address, it will give you the name of your Representative.
You can click on their name to go to their website and find their direct office phone number, or you can call the Congressional switchboard at:
202-224-3121
You must then say your Representative's name to be transferred to their office.
Urge them to:
VOTE YES on the Luna-Costa Amendment to the Farm Bill!
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