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Animal Welfare Act Inadequate for Farm Animals

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While a nationwide vegan or vegetarian lifestyle change is highly unlikely, the abuse can be maintained through increased government regulation. Tags: animal cruelty proposition 2 cattle farm animal welfare agribusiness. Farm animals used for food and fiber or for food and fiber research are not regulated under the AWA.”.Unlike

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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.