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Photo credit: Jo-Anne McArthur • We Animals
The bad news: the Farm Bill was passed by the House of Representatives with language that the pork industry wants in it - they are calling it the "Save Our Bacon Act."
If this version of the Farm Bill is passed by the Senate, 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.
It is imperative that the version of the Farm Bill that the Senate passes does not include the "Save Our Bacon Act."
It will be voted on soon!
Please call your Senators TODAY!
FIND YOUR SENATORS HERE
California's two Senators are already on our side!
But if you live in another state, PLEASE call your two Senators NOW!
Urge them to:
VOTE NO on any Farm Bill that would overturn state and local agricultural laws and which includes the "Save Our Bacon Act!"
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.
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