The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act on the November California Ballot

This modest measure will alleviate some of the suffering that 19 million animals endure each year while confined to tiny cages and crates across California. It's the least we can do to give these animals the ability to turn around and extend their limbs. I'm looking forward to voting YES on The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act. Join me, volunteer, and learn more at www.HumaneCalifornia.org.

This modest measure will alleviate some of the suffering that 19 million animals endure each year while confined to tiny cages and crates across California. It's the least we can do to give these animals the ability to turn around and extend their limbs. I'm looking forward to voting YES on The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act. Join me, volunteer, and learn more at HumaneCalifornia.org.

These animals on factory farms suffer the worst abuses. It is a no-brainer that it is exceptionally cruel to stuff animals into small cages that don't even allow them to turn around or stretch their limbs, let alone walk. I hope you will join me in making these animal's lives a bit more bearable and voting YES on the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act this November.

It is inhumane and unnecessary to force animals to spend their entire lives confined in restrictive cages where they are barely able to move. Sadly, this is what nearly 20 million animals on factory farms in California currently have to endure. I am thrilled that this November, Californians will have the opportunity to improve the lives of these animals by voting YES on the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act! More information can be found at: www.HumaneCalifornia.org.

As a volunteer who collected signatures for the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, I am so happy to see it will be on this November's ballot! Kudos to everyone who made this happen- it is about time that these poor animals on factory farms get treated with an ounce of respect. Be sure to vote YES!

This initiative is a basic, common sense anti-cruelty law that will give farm animals enough space to turn around. Remember to vote YES in November!!!

Californian voters have the opportunity to reduce the suffering of 20,000,000 animals by phasing out severe confinement systems in which animals cannot lie down, turn around or extend their limbs. If you have compassion within you, you will vote YES on the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act which will be on the November ballot. For more information go to www.humanecalifornia.org

It really is time. Animals are alike in suffering and can undergo both physical and mental pain.
This is abuse anyway you cut it. Noone should want to be a part of this despicable chain- and if you consume meat or animal prodcuts we should all be responsible & humane consumers.

It is cruel and inhumane to tolerate the suffering of any animal. Collectively, we must take a stand for the respect and dignity of animals as it is a direct relationship of how we treat each other.

To allow this kind of abuse to continue is unacceptable. We are better than this because a nation without compassion has nothing.

It's time we speak up for those who have no voice. Stop allowing agribusiness to abuse animals and to deceive the public about the immense suffering caused.

no these animals have a voice

we are their voice

we need to stop this for good

no these animals have a voice

we are their voice

we need to stop this for good

There is no veal farming in California and almost no breeding pigs, so what is this proposal aimed at? Laying hens.

It may come as news to some people, but most folks understand that birds flock. Even when they are placed in a massive space, their natural instinct is to band together tightly in groups causing them to not be able to extend their wings. If the group panics, they crush each other like people trying to rush out of a crowded theater.

Cages provide laying hens with controlled flocking. If you remove the cages, the incidence of broken bones in the birds instantly doubles. Double the rate of broken bones may be some people’s definition of progress or improved animal welfare, but it isn’t mine.

Though HSUS did a good thing by exposing the abuse at the slaughter plant, I still worry about the group. It seems that American Humane Society and American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are the groups most directly involved with supporting local shelters.

Maybe that is the reason many local shelters are distancing themselves from HSUS. For those interested in doing some independent research, they should check out what their local shelters and other groups have to say about HSUS, its lack of support for shelters, and whether it is more concerned about animal welfare or expanding its sphere of influence.

I meant to say American Humane Association not American Humane Society.

To Molli: The HSUS does many things for local shelters. It provides disaster assistance. It fundraises for local shelters via, for example, "Walk for Animals" and "Spay Day USA". They operate sanctuaries across the U.S. They operate the Rural Area Veterinary Services (RAVS) which provides no-cost medical care to dogs and cats across the nation and globe that are typically not served by vets. And lastly, expanding their "sphere of influence" means to celebrate the animal/human bond and confront cruelty. And that's a wonderful thing! Yes on the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty.

To Bryant, how do you base your notions on chicken behavior? Here are just a few links, most of which are from doctors and scientists, who give a much more accurate description of how chickens really act. Nowhere does it state that they can "crush each other like people trying to rush out of a crowded theater." lol

http://www.hsus.org/farm/resources/animals/chickens/

http://www.hsus.org/farm/resources/research/welfare/scientists_and_experts_on_battery_cages.html

http://www.hsus.org/farm/resources/research/practices/comparison_hen_welfare_cages_vs_cage_free.html

http://www.hsus.org/farm/camp/nbe/compare.html

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