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Update on National Meat Association vs. Brown

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Brown, a case in which the meat industry is attempting to invalidate a California law designed to reduce animal suffering and protect public safety. Tags: meat california farm animal welfare factory farm animal law meatpacking.

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Prop 2 Opponents Accused of Laundering Money

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on Prop 2 - Californians for Humane Farms - has uncovered an election scam and is charging the measure’s opponents with laundering money in violation of state campaign finance laws. Tags: eggs california factory farm agribusiness. In a complaint filed September 3 with California’s Fair Political Practices Commission, YES!

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Hope for Hen Welfare

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A press release I received from the Farm Sanctuary. Animal Welfare Groups Win Industry Backing for First-Ever Federal Regulation of Hen Welfare Groundswell of Public Support Results in Full Court Press for Nationwide Law Protecting Chickens to Replace State-by-State Initiatives WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Groups like the American Veterinary Medical Association support these modern egg-laying housing systems. The California law adds an arbitrary and unscientific requirement that chickens be prohibited from touching one another or the side of any enclosure. Gene Gregory President, United Egg Producers Alpharetta, Ga.,