These are the bills and issues we are currently working on in Vermont. Look-up federal legislation
-
Vermont: Support legislation to regulate backyard breeders
S. 142 would remove loopholes that currently allow breeders to evade licensing and inspection.
-
Vermont: Protect Farm Animals from Extreme Confinement
The vast majority of breeding pigs and veal calves in the United States are forced to spend their lives packed into crates so small they can’t even turn around. Veal crates (for calves) and gestation crates (for pigs) are two of the most cruel and inhumane confinement practices in the world of factory farming.
-
Vermont: Ban Cruel Tail Docking of Cows
Tail docking is an archaic and inhumane form of amputation, still in wide use in the dairy industry.
