Historic Victory for Farm Animals!!

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA, THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES AND OPRAH FOR HAVING THE GUTS TO COVER THE ISSUE ON HER SHOW! --pca


From: info@farmsanctuary.org

Historic Victory for Farm Animals! Prop 2 Passes in California

Congratulations to animal protection advocates throughout the country for getting the word and the vote out for farm animals!

In a historic victory, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 2, a landmark measure that bans three of the cruelest factory farming confinement systems battery cages, veal crates and gestation crates -- in the state by 2015.

By a vote of more than 60 percent Californians sent a clear message to big agribusiness thatcruelty to animals is unacceptable. While Prop 2 will curtail the suffering of millions of animals in California, the repercussions throughout the country promise to be even more profound: As California goes, so goes the rest of the nation. California’s new law against farm animal cruelty holds the potential to spark an unstoppable precedent for change in the way farm animals are treated nationwide.

Although veal crates, gestation crates and battery cage confinement systems have been banned throughout Europe, they remain common across most of the U.S. With the passage of Prop 2, California becomes the 5th state to outlaw gestation crates (joining Florida, Arizona, Oregon and Colorado) and the third to outlaw veal crates (joining Arizona and Colorado). Perhaps most significantly, it becomes the first state to ban battery cages for laying hens, who are killed in far greater numbers than either pigs or calves. Debeaked shortly after hatching and crammed five or more into a cage the size of a filing drawer, each laying hen is provided less space than a sheet of typing paper to live her entire life. Now, California egg producers will be required to provide birds with enough space to turn around, stand up and spread their wings. This ban on battery cages sets the stage for other states to follow in California’s path—ultimately affecting many millions more animals a year.

The impact of California’s passing of Prop 2 will be significant, and the efforts of animal protection advocates across the country toward its passage will continue to send ripples across the nation. Thank you to everybody who gave their time and energy to help achieve this phenomenal victory.

Together, we are making a difference! Check out more information on this monumental victory! www.farmsanctuary.org/get_involved/yesonprop2.html