Responding to pressure from veal farmers, the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board voted last week—by a 6-5 margin—to erase a new standard that would have granted veal calves enough space to turn around in their stalls. The vote has jeopardized a delicate compromise between the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and agricultural trade [...]
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“Animals built to move should be allowed to move.”
Posted in News, tagged animal welfare legislation, Cincinnati SPCA, factory farms, Gene Baur, Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company, Harold Dates, HSUS, Humane Society of the United States, Jamie Williams, Jan Hughes, Karen Minton, Kristine Kil, Laura Donahue, Lauren Schneiders, Mercy for Animals, Nathan Runkle, Ohio humane farming bill, Ohioans for Humane Farms, undercover footage, Wayne Pacelle on April 13, 2010 | 4 Comments »
One signature at a time, volunteers across Ohio are working to reverse the direction of the state’s rapidly-industrializing animal farming system. They have until June 31 to gather 600,000 voter signatures, in support of a November referendum that would crack down upon the most inhumane elements of industrial confinement and slaughter. They call the main [...]
Editorial on Issue 2: What does it mean to care for an animal?
Posted in Editorial, tagged Bobby Moser, California Prop 2, factory farming, goat, Humane Society of the United States, intrinsic value, Issue 2, Livestock Care Standards Board, livestock production, Ohio, Ohio election on October 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s not a question that’s receiving much attention in the debate over whether an Ohio “Livestock Care Standards Board” should be formed, as per Issue 2. But concerned humans should pay attention to the phrase “animal care” this week, since the two sides of the battle refer to different modes of caring. To some, animal [...]
Issue 2: What, Who, and Why?
Posted in News, tagged Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Bobby Moser, California Prop 2, College of Food, Fox News, HSHS, Humane Society of the United States, intensive animal farming, John Fitzpatrick, Land'O'Lakes, Livestock Care Standards Board, Ohio Department of Agriculture, Ohio Farm Bureau, Ohio Issue 2, Ohio Pork Producers Council, OSU, puppy mills, Robert Boggs, Sierra Club, Tony Forshey on October 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What does Issue 2 propose? Issue 2 would amend Ohio’s constitution to place future decisions about the treatment of livestock animals, in the hands of a government-appointed “Livestock Care Standards Board.” The resolution does not define “livestock,” so it is unclear whether dogs raised on large-scale intensive breeding facilities–known by detractors as “puppy mills”–would be [...]
