California Says Yes To Animal Rights

Treehugger :

Yesterday, California voters voted overwhelmingly in favor of Proposition 2, a historic move that brings animals legal rights in the land of factory farming. Prop 2 guarantees farm animals improvements in their current large scale farm conditions, requiring farmers give them space to turn around, spread their wings, stand up and lie down.

While these are only slight moves to better the well being of farm animals, the Prop 2 victory is historic. California is the largest agricultural state and would be the first to demand egg-producing chickens be kept in more spacious cages or have the freedom to roam. Prop 2 will affect 20 million farm animals in California and will include a phase out of gestation crates for pigs and veal cages for calves. Similar laws have been passed in Florida, Arizona, Colorado and Oregon for pigs and veal calves.

As results come in from the polls, it looks like Prop 2 is wong by a ratio of 3 to 2 and most animal rights organizations have already declared this precedent setting victory.

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Comments

[Hirnlego]

"'cos chickens are decent people..."

[Cairnfever]

This a fabulous law - however, it is an ANIMAL WELFARE law, not an ANIMAL RIGHTS law. Huge diff.

[aminnerick]

This is EGGsellent. haha. :)

Spread compassion.

[rivrgrrl]

Good job, California. Let's hope this spreads to the other states as well.

[TimmySlagle]

Great.

Now local farmers will go out of business, meat will have to be trucked into California long distance in refrigerated trucks.

Great move for the environment!

[RaisingAwareness]

Well done California!

[darthdarcy]

Yes to animals, but no to fellow human beings on, prop. 8..

[wdw101]

oh come on, people have respect for chickens they are tasty

[Mysticalsister]

I voted for prop 2 and I'm so happy that animals will be treated humanely in California.

I just wish those who voted for the rights of chickens would have thought to vote for the rights of gay people as well.

How does that kind of logic work exactly?

[wdw101]

join peta then (people eating tasty animals)

[madzippy]

yes to animal rights, no to gay rights.

[PineyWoods]

I was thinking that as well.

Makes no sense whatsoever. Typical tacky, confused ultra-liberalism. Let's treat animals we're going to eat better than we do human beings. Interesting. For the record, I say that as I'm eating pork chops.

[RightWingMarine]

goodbye property rights! I can't wait until the government decides next what I can and can't do with my own property.

[marymansour]

Thank you, CA.

[JohnFromCensornati]

Good job, CA!