Prop 2 to Give Animals More Leg Room

  • By 2015, Proposition 2 in California forces farms to make sure the animals are given enough room to move around. (Photo by Kinna Ohman)

Voters in California are drawing
a line in the sand when it comes to the
factory farming of animals. They overwhelmingly
approved a ballot measure to ensure that
hens, calves and pigs are treated more
humanely. Julie Grant reports:

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Voters in California are drawing
a line in the sand when it comes to the
factory farming of animals. They overwhelmingly
approved a ballot measure to ensure that
hens, calves and pigs are treated more
humanely. Julie Grant reports:

Right now, in most states, calves raised for veal, pregnant
pigs, and hens that lay eggs are caged so tight they can
barely move.

By 2015, Proposition 2 in California forces farms to make
sure the animals are given enough room to move around.

Michael Markarian is a vice president with the U.S. Humane
Society, which spent millions to get the issue approved.

“You cram these animals into cages barely larger than their
bodies. They’re practically immobilized their entire lives. I
mean, what could be more basic than giving an animal some
freedom of movement?”

Opponents of the issue say this will cost farmers and
consumers. We’ll see more imports from countries that don’t
have these kinds of laws.

For The Environment Report, I’m Julie Grant.

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Peta Campaigns Against Kfc

Springtime in your city may bring a visit from an animal rights group that wants to protect chickens from what they say is excessive cruelty by Colonel Sanders. The GLRC’s Chuck Quirmbach reports:

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Springtime in your city may bring a visit from an animal rights group
that wants to protect chickens from what they say is excessive cruelty
by Colonel Sanders. The GLRC’s Chuck Quirmbach reports:


People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says KFC restaurants serve
chickens that suppliers have killed inhumanely. So, PETA is revving up
its Kentucky Fried Cruelty campaign, holding protests outside KFC
outlets, with PETA workers often dressed in costumes.


Lindsay Rajt sometimes wears a police uniform so she can do a mock
arrest of someone else dressed as Colonel Sanders. Rajt wants KFC
suppliers to switch to technology that slowly withdraws the air around
their live chickens.


“And it will actually basically put the birds to sleep… it’s the most
humane method out there.”


Rajt would also like Congress to change the Humane Slaughter Act, so
that it would no longer exempt chickens. KFC’s corporate parent has
repeatedly said it does not tolerate animal abuse by any of its
suppliers. But PETA says it plans to take its message to hundreds of
cities this year.


For the GLRC, I’m Chuck Quirmbach.

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