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Groundbreaking Animal Cruelty Initiative Qualifies for November BallotCollecting over 100,000 valid signatures more than necessary, the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act today qualified for the November 2008 ballot. This is welcome news for all Californians who consider compassion a California value. The Act would ban the cruelest forms of factory farming, stopping the usage of gestation crates, veal crates, and battery cages in factory farms across California. The initiative mimics laws that are already in effect across the European Union. The initiative has been endorsed by the Humane Society, SPCA chapters across California including Los Angeles and San Francisco, Sierra Club California, Assemblymembers Mark Leno and Lloyd Levine, and over one hundred veterinarians and family farmers. The opposition, dominated by large scale factory farm conglomerates, is willing to burn a lot of money to prevent this proposition from passing. Don't be fooled by what is certain to be a massive misinformation campaign by the No side. The authors of this initiative simply want to ban our state's most abhorrent farming practices, practices like those caught on tape below. Print this report | Send to a friend About Donald Lathbury | All Reports by Donald Lathbury Browse in : [ Reports ]
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From a friendly omnivore
Posted by: billorton on April 10, 2008It is my humble belief that a vast majority of the California electorate will not only support this initiative, but also greater protection of animals from medical clinical trials or commercial product testing.
If our scientists are able to use computer models to test nuclear weapons, it is hard to believe that animals are required as lab test sacrifices. And it is simply callous barbarism that commerical products -- like cosmetics -- are tested routinely on animals.
I urge lawmakers to consider a ban on all testing of commercial products on animals and a strict protocol and enforcement of how clinical labs are able to make use of animals. Frankly, I would support an absolute ban on all animal testing, but there is an argument to be made that clinical trials of potentially life-saving drugs ranks as important, whereas ways to make commerical products could be found that do not involve animal testing.
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