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For those of you attending PROP 2 parties tomorrow, have a great time!  I will

be with you in spirit! 

 

I posted the commentary below on my blogs a couple of days ago, and I welcome

you to print and share it, join me on my Web spaces, and direct people to my

pages and blogs.  The post includes the newly-released argument for PROP 2, with

the addition of my two cents. 

 

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Here is my blog:

 

Californians, Stop Animal Cruelty:  Vote YES on PROP 2!

 

Before reading the newly-released argument for PROP 2, please put the idea of

factory farming, which accounts for more than 90% of the human " production " of

animals for food, in perspective:

 

Imagine living your entire life confined to the seat of an airplane, along with

the hundreds of others of your species in the same airplane. Make no mistake:

You would not be permitted to leave your seat to use the toilet; you would have

to urinate and deficate in your seat and on yourself, as would those in the

seats next to you, and stacked above you and below you; nor would you be allowed

to leave your seat to eat or drink; you would be force-fed a mixture of dead

humans. When your natural agressive tendancies arose, as can be expected under

such severe stress, causing you to lash out at your neighbors, your hands would

be cut off without anesthesia, and the resulting infections would not be

treated. Your eyes, nose, throat and resperatory tract would burn and become

infected from the acids caused by the urine and feces in your enclosed

environment, and under minimal artificial light, you would lose your natural

pigments.

 

You would, of course, never know touch, affection, companionship or family, as,

if you were to have children, which would be the products of rape by machine,

they would be taken from you. You would, however, know daily terror as you

witnessed others around you being dragged from their seats (unable to walk from

pain and bodies ceasing to function), electrocuted, beaten, kicked, prodded and

dragged with metal hooks. As you were taken away in the same way, you would be

dragged into a place filled with blood, feces and vomit (natural secretions

voided by all mamals during moments of pure terror); and then, you would be

stunned, your throat cut carelessly and ineptly, hung upside-down (via hooks

through your ankles), at which point there would be more than a 50% chance that

you would be skinned alive and sawed apart, an ordeal that could leave you

conciously suffering for 10-15 minutes.

 

Ah, but this couldn't happen to you because you were lucky enough to be born

human. This is equally as rational a thought as that of the luck of the Aryan in

Nazi Germany. Speciesism is no less a crime than racism, and factory farms are

no less than Aschwitz. Ultimately, therefore, if we are to end such a crime,

factory farming must be abolished altogether; however, this modest step, which

sadly amounts to one of the largest animal-rights actions in history because of

the number of animals it would save, is necessary because of the depth of

speciesist thought in which we live. Voting YES on PROP 2 won't hurt you; it

will only stop the hurt for someone else of another species. Please vote YES on

PROP 2.

 

 

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The Argument for PROP 2:

 

YES on Proposition 2—Stop Animal Cruelty

 

Proposition 2 is a moderate measure that stops cruel and inhumane treatment of

animals — ending the practice of cramming farm animals into cages so small the

animals can't even turn around or stretch their limbs.

Voting YES on Proposition 2 prevents animal cruelty, promotes food safety,

supports family farmers, and protects the environment. The agribusiness

interests opposing Proposition 2– masquerading as the deceptively named

Californians for Safe Food – have a record of duping the public, harming

animals, and polluting the environment.

 

Voting YES on Proposition 2 means:

 

…Preventing cruelty to animals. It’s simply wrong to confine veal calves,

breeding pigs, and egg-laying hens in tiny cages barely larger than their

bodies. Calves are tethered by the neck and can barely move, pigs in severe

confinement bite the metal bars of their crates, and hens get trapped and even

impaled in their wire cages. We wouldn’t force our pets to live in filthy,

cramped cages for their whole lives, and we shouldn’t force farm animals to

endure such misery. All animals, including those raised for food, deserve humane

treatment.

 

…Improving our health and food safety. We all witnessed the cruel treatment of

sick and crippled cows exposed by a Chino slaughter plant investigation this

year, prompting authorities to pull meat off school menus and initiate a

nationwide recall. Factory farmers have put our health at risk by allowing these

terrible abuses, and now are recklessly telling us it’s okay to keep animals in

overcrowded, inhumane conditions. Cramming tens of thousands of animals into

tiny cages fosters the spread of animal diseases that may affect people.

Proposition 2 is better for animals — and for us.

 

…Supporting family farmers. California family farmers support Proposition 2

because they believe food quality and safety are enhanced by better farming

practices. Increasingly, they’re supplying mainstream retailers like Safeway and

Burger King. Factory farms cut corners and drive family farmers out of business

when they put profits ahead of animal welfare and our health.

 

…Protecting air and water and safeguarding the environment. The American Public

Health Association has called for a moratorium on new factory farms because of

the devastating effects these operations can have on surrounding communities.

Factory farms often spread waste on the ground untreated — contaminating our

waterways, lakes, groundwater, soil, and air. By phasing out the worst animal

confinement practices, Proposition 2 helps protect our precious natural

resources. That’s why California Clean Water Action and Sierra Club-California

support Proposition 2.

 

…A reasonable and common-sense reform. Proposition 2 provides ample time — until

2015 — for factory farmers using these severe confinement methods to shift to

more humane practices. Arizona , Colorado , Florida , and Oregon have passed

similar laws. California veterinarians; family farmers; the Center for Science

in the Public Interest and the prestigious Pew Commission on animal agriculture;

Republican and Democratic elected officials; leaders of the Episcopal,

Methodist, and Catholic churches; the Consumer Federation of America; and others

recommend voting YES on Proposition 2.

 

Visit www.YesOnProp2.org.

 

Wayne Pacelle

President & CEO of The Humane Society of the United States

 

Dr. Kate Hurley, D.V.M., M.P.V.M.

Clinical Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine , University of California ,

Davis

For identification purposes only

 

Andrew Kimbrell

Executive Director of the Center for Food Safety