Guest guest Posted January 9, 2002 Report Share Posted January 9, 2002 i recieved this from viva!USA, but we can still help!!! america's much worse than the UK about animal cruelty standards, so heres soemthing we can do to help (they dont have to know that we dont live there)... > >ANIMAL PLACE E-ALERT > > > >7 January 2002 > > > >The EPA is accepting comments on proposed changes to the regulations > >concerning Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), commonlyknown > >as " factory farms. " One point the agency is considering is the population > >size at which operations will be classified as CAFOs and the environmental > >performance standards they are to meet. Of particular concern is whether > > " dry lot " duck operations should be given favorable regulatory status over > > " wet lot " operations. The duck industry has weighed in heavily infavor of > >this and we need to counter them. > > > >Dry lot operations deprive ducks of all but drinking water. Ducksare > >aquatic birds who thrive in water. A European Union farmed animal > >protection committee stated: " Access to an outside run and water for > >bathing are necessary for ducks, as water birds, to fulfill their > >biological requirements. " Serious welfare problems, including blindness, > >can result if ducks are not able to immerse their heads. Ducks inthese > >systems are debeaked and kept crowded together by the thousands in noxious > >sheds. Many suffer ammonia burns from waste accumulations. They also suffer > >injuries to their webbed feet from the wire they are forced to standon. > > > >Please contact the EPA and let them know that factory farming is > >environmentally destructive, inhumane and unnecessary. Dry lot ducksyste ms > >are even more inhumane than wet lot systems and should not be rewarded > >with favorable environmental regulatory status. Let EPA know youare > >opposed to the proposed alternative options for dry lot duck operations and > >want the agency to set the lowest population thresholds and imposethe > >strictest regulations possible for animal agriculture. > > > >Comments can be submitted by e-mail to: CAFOS.comments . Please be > >certain to specify docket number W-00-27 and submit as an ASCII, Wordor > >WordPerfect file. Comments must be submitted by January 15th. TheEPA > >notice can be accessed at: http://www.epa.gov/npdes/regulations/noda_fr.txt > >A detailed report on the duck industry is available at: > >http://www.vivausa.org/Campaigns/Ducks/Viva!USADuckReport.htm . > > > > > >Thank you for all you do on behalf of farmed animals, today and every day. > > > >- Kim Sturla & Ned Buyukmihci, Cofounders > > > >Animal Place is a nonprofit sanctuary for abused and discarded farmed > >animals and other domestics. We're located in Solano County, California, > >but our interest in improving the lives of farmed animals knows no > >boundaries. Our E-Alerts address animal issues that need your immediate > >action: letters, phone calls, or lifestyle change. We'll also sharethe > >latest news about animals here at Animal Place. For information aboutus > >visit http://AnimalPlace.org. > > > >TO SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE to this e-alert, send E-mail to > >ned. If you are subscribing, we MUST know the statein > >which you reside. > > > >SHARE WITH A FRIEND: Please forward this E-Alert to an animal-loving friend > >or relative. > -- Priscilla Pelkey spiggy - email (210) 576-2701 x5770 - voicemail/fax FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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