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4a.

Another State Bans Gestation Crates and Veal Crates

HI All,This week the governor of Maine signed into law a bill that will protect farm animals by banning veal crates and gestation crates! The bill's passage makes Maine the sixth state in the nation to prohibit certain types of extreme confinement of farm animals. Last fall, California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 2, a ballot initiative that also eliminates veal crates and gestation crates as well as battery cages for egg-laying hens in the state. Farm Sanctuary was a main backer of this landmark legislation, as well as similar successful anti-confinement initiatives in Florida and Arizona. In addition, Oregon and Colorado have passed laws prohibiting certain cruel factory farming confinement practices. What's more, Maine's enactment of this law comes on the heels of last Tuesday's introduction of a groundbreaking anti-confinement bill in New York state, as well as similar pending legislation we are working on in Illinois, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Thank you for supporting Farm Sanctuary and enabling us to be a powerful force for change for millions of farm animals throughout the nation. Help us to keep the momentum created by these successes by doing your part to end the cruel confinement of calves raised for veal, breeding pigs and egg-laying hens in your state!This is Per Farm Sanctuary

lovelife...

 

colin sky

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WOW! Slowly and ever so painfully this whole idea is coming around! Maybe its

the economy where people cant afford to buy/cook meat every single day. Or

maybe its just the general attitude that people are becoming less

omniverous/more vegan. It would be nice to think that the human population is

becoming less drastic. Could this be a political theme too? Wouldn't that be

nice!

 

~M

 

, " colin sky " <colinsky wrote:

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> 4a. Another State Bans Gestation Crates and Veal Crates

> HI All,

>

> This week the governor of Maine signed into law a bill that will protect farm

animals by banning veal crates and gestation crates! The bill's passage makes

Maine the sixth state in the nation to prohibit certain types of extreme

confinement of farm animals. Last fall, California voters overwhelmingly passed

Proposition 2, a ballot initiative that also eliminates veal crates and

gestation crates as well as battery cages for egg-laying hens in the state. Farm

Sanctuary was a main backer of this landmark legislation, as well as similar

successful anti-confinement initiatives in Florida and Arizona. In addition,

Oregon and Colorado have passed laws prohibiting certain cruel factory farming

confinement practices.

>

> What's more, Maine's enactment of this law comes on the heels of last

Tuesday's introduction of a groundbreaking anti-confinement bill in New York

state, as well as similar pending legislation we are working on in Illinois,

Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

>

> Thank you for supporting Farm Sanctuary and enabling us to be a powerful force

for change for millions of farm animals throughout the nation. Help us to keep

the momentum created by these successes by doing your part to end the cruel

confinement of calves raised for veal, breeding pigs and egg-laying hens in your

state!

>

> This is Per Farm Sanctuary

>

> lovelife...

>

> colin sky

>