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The old method of trapping and relocating “nuisance” animals, now known to be inhumane, has been replaced by the eviction and exclusion method. California Towhee attacking its reflection in glass. Delivered to Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach, California, also a registered non-profit.

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Prop 2 Passes in California

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Proposition 2 has been passed in California. 4, 2008) – Voters in California approved an historic ballot measure to halt the inhumane confinement of animals on factory farms by an overwhelming margin. From the campaign website : (Nov. As of 11 PM PST, Prop 2 was leading 62% to 38%.

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Proposition 2 Poll

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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. Tags: eggs california farm animal welfare factory farm chickens. As the quarterly campaign finance period closed today, the YES! Chief economist?

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Hope for Hen Welfare

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Farm Sanctuary’s shelters in New York and California provide lifelong care for rescued farm animals. Similar legislation, on hold as a result of today’s agreement, was planned in Washington State and Oregon.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The California law adds an arbitrary and unscientific requirement that chickens be prohibited from touching one another or the side of any enclosure. The new law will cost American family farmers, and ultimately California consumers, hundreds of millions of dollars.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The meat industry is environmentally devastating, incredibly inhumane and now potentially the end to us all. Program, University of California, San Francisco. What will it take for us, and our public health leaders, to question our addiction to meat and tolerance of factory farming?

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Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry

Animal Person

The meat industry is inherently destructive and inhumane, there is no way to make it otherwise, and much of the harm it does to ecosystems is by inflicting suffering and death on billions of nonhuman animals, farmed and free-living, each year. Below is a press release about the mailing. Another went out last Friday.