Bill Undermining WA Ballot Initiative Signed
Update May 12, 2011: Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire has signed S.B. 5487 into law. For more on this bill and the effort to undermine the ballot initiative to give egg laying hens more room, read...
View ArticleAnother Livestock Care Standards Board
The creation of "Livestock Care Standards Board" were particularly popular in 2009 and 2010 as a way to give agri-business more, if not exclusive control, over how farm animals and horses are treated....
View ArticleFarm Animal Cruelty Laws: A Status Report
Many people think that the law requires humane slaughter of farm animals used for food. And, there is a federal law that requires " cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, and other livestock, all...
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Smithfield has no shame
With an astonishing chutzpah, Smithfield Foods, Inc., the largest producer of pork in the world, launched a campaign recently, basically boasting to its investors in a series of videos and press...
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IA Gov Signs Ag-gag Bill
Update March 3, 2012: Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has now signed the Ag-gag bill, H.F. 589 into law. This despite a strong effort by animal welfare and civil liberties organizations and the general public...
View ArticleUtah’s Ag-Gag Bill Signed into Law
Update March 20, 2012: Utah Governor Gary Herbert has signed the ag-gag bill into law. For more on this, read Animal Law Coalition's reports below. Update March 9, 2012: The Utah Ag-gag bill, H.B. 187,...
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USDA Allows Slaughterhouse to Re-Open Despite Abuse
Update Aug. 28, 2012: The USDA has allowed Central Valley Meat Co. (CVM) in Hanford, California to re-open just days after an undercover investigation by Compassion Over Killing, a farm animal welfare...
View ArticleHelp Stop the King Amendment
An amendment by U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-IA) to the House Agriculture Committee version of the FARRM bill would threaten the ability of state and local governments to regulate animal welfare within...
View ArticleVideo Reveals Ghastly Cruelty in Foie Gras Production
New York State Senator Tony Avello has introduced a bill, S.B. 456, that would make it illegal under the state's animal cruelty law, NYS AG & Mkts. Law Section 353, to "force feed[] a bird, by hand...
View ArticleWill NJ Ban Gestation Crates?
A renewed effort is underway to pass a ban on use of gestation crates in New Jersey for pregnant pigs. A bill, S. 1921, sailed through the legislature with overwhelming support only to be vetoed by...
View Article8th grader creates Premarin mare advocacy website
An Eighth-grader from Alabama contacted Animal Law Coalition to gather information about Premarin mares. Our young advocate had heard about the cruel conditions the mares were kept in while their urine...
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IA Gov Signs Ag-gag Bill
Update March 3, 2012: Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has now signed the Ag-gag bill, H.F. 589 into law. This despite a strong effort by animal welfare and civil liberties organizations and the general public...
View ArticleUtah’s Ag-Gag Bill Signed into Law
Update March 20, 2012: Utah Governor Gary Herbert has signed the ag-gag bill into law. For more on this, read Animal Law Coalition's reports below. Update March 9, 2012: The Utah Ag-gag bill, H.B. 187,...
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USDA Allows Slaughterhouse to Re-Open Despite Abuse
Update Aug. 28, 2012: The USDA has allowed Central Valley Meat Co. (CVM) in Hanford, California to re-open just days after an undercover investigation by Compassion Over Killing, a farm animal welfare...
View ArticleVideo Reveals Ghastly Cruelty in Foie Gras Production
New York State Senator Tony Avello has introduced a bill, S.B. 456, that would make it illegal under the state's animal cruelty law, NYS AG & Mkts. Law Section 353, to "force feed[] a bird, by hand...
View ArticleHouse Passes King Amendment
Update July 16, 2013:On July 11, 2013 by a vote of 216-208, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the King amendment as part of H.R. 2642, the Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Management Act of...
View ArticleWill NJ Ban Gestation Crates?
A renewed effort is underway to pass a ban on use of gestation crates in New Jersey for pregnant pigs. A bill, S. 1921, sailed through the legislature with overwhelming support only to be vetoed by...
View Article8th grader creates Premarin mare advocacy website
An Eighth-grader from Alabama contacted Animal Law Coalition to gather information about Premarin mares. Our young advocate had heard about the cruel conditions the mares were kept in while their urine...
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