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USDA Secretary’s support for factory farming cruelty is an insult to animals and voters
In the most important farm animal welfare debate of the 21st century so far―the U.S. Supreme Court case regarding California’s Proposition 12—it was beyond disconcerting that the Biden administration put itself on the wrong side of progress by backing the advocates of cruelty and bottom-of-the-barrel pork production. The producers fighting Proposition 12 are trying to maintain the status quo of using intensive confinement systems such as gestation crates—metal cages so small pregnant pigs can’t even turn around for months on end and have been documented chewing on the bars until their mouths bleed from constant frustration. Those who don't feel like meeting the public’s demand for more humane treatment of farm animals are fighting Proposition 12 every way they can.
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2023’s wins for animals in labs signals a future without animal testing
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2023: A winning year for dogs, cats and other companion animals
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This year, we won some big animal protection battles in the nation’s capital
2023: A truly historic year in our work for farm animals
2023: An unforgettable year in the fight to end the dog and cat meat trades
Owner of cat meat restaurant in Viet Nam chooses compassion over slaughter
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