From:
Cari Lombardi
Date:
Nov 05 16:54 UTC
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Just an FYI on some other election results you may not have heard about:
I am elated today for numerous reasons. Our country has elected a new leader,
and one that has inspired our nation to get active, get out and vote, and
hopefully come together as a nation like none before Prop 2 in California has
passed! What this means: veal crates (for calves), gestation crates (for pigs)
and battery cage confinement systems (for egg laying hens) are now BANNED in
the state of CA. By law, these animals will now be given more space for
movement. (This space is still less than ideal, but IS progress.) Hooray! Now
we need to get this type of law enacted here in MN and in other states across
the country.
So whether your choice for Pres/VP won or lost, the animals in CA have won a
victory and we can all agree that ending unnecessary cruelty is a win-win for
all.
Cari
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 00:36:15 -0600From: info@farmsanctuary.orgTo:
carilombardi@hotmail.comSubject: Historic Victory for Farm Animals; Prop 2
Passes in California
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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. Californias 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 Californias pathultimately affecting many millions more animals a
year.
The impact of Californias 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!
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