A bill that could overturn the will of California voters is making its way through Congress.
At issue is California's Prop 12, which mandates minimum cage sizes for animals raised for meat. California voters passed it in 2018 by a margin of 2 to 1. It went into effect this year. If the current farm bill passes, some say Congress will basically gut the law's intent.Under California's Prop 12, meat that comes from animals confined in what are known as gestation crates isn't allowed to be sold here.
'It's profoundly undemocratic because it ignores the millions of consumers who have rejected the cruelty of extreme animal confinement at both the ballot box and the super market,' said Kate Brindle, Program Manager of Public and Corporate Policy for Farm Animal Protection with the Humane Society of the United StatesThe Humane Society cites not only Prop 12's passage in California with 63% of the vote, but also a nationwide poll from Data for Progress that says 80% of likely US...
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