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Animal Welfare Act Inadequate for Farm Animals

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Baur believes that slaughterhouse cruelty can be reduced by simple operational changes, such as slowing down the slaughter lines. Tags: animal cruelty proposition 2 cattle farm animal welfare agribusiness. “Most animals in the U.S. Unfortunately, this goal tends to run counter to humane goals.”

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The Other Side of the Egg Debate

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Tags: proposition 2 eggs factory farm food chickens.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

9): Thank you for encouraging California voters to support the state’s Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, or Proposition 2, on the November ballot. Proposition 2 is a modest step that deserves voter support and extension to other states. Consumer boycotts and protective laws are desperately needed.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The overwhelming passage in November of Proposition 2 in California, which banned tight confinement of many of the animals raised for food, is a fine example of the power of publicity to educate people about the atrocities we commit to those animals who have no voice of their own. Karen Davis Machipongo, Va.,