2013年4月10日星期三

Legalising animal abuse

Covert video has exposed the cruel treatment of animals in some factory farms in the United States but in several US states it is those who expose abusive practices that could end up being punished.Animal rights activists say new laws being enacted in several US states are threatening their ability to uncover cases of appalling treatment of livestock. In many instances,The project was a hydraulic dredging process using a suction hose and transporting the sand via hose to the public beaches. undercover videos have led to the prosecution and conviction of animal abusers. 

In 2011, the Humane Society released a video exposing workers using an illegal method of training horses known as "soring". The workers at a training facility used chemicals to burn the legs of horses in order to force them to walk with a high step in competitions. It also showed trainers striking horses in the head among other abuses. This video led federal prosecutors to charge and convict the perpetrators.The Dinosaur model didn't arrive in time.It's when those winds forsake their customary easterly, onshore hose tilt and instead tap into furnaced west wind that we're no better off than pieces of tree bark in the Pines. But now, in several states, it is the whistleblowers themselves who could now be pursued under legislation being proposed that would make it illegal to covertly videotape conditions at farms, or to work undercover. 

"We are very disassociated from our food supply, and one of the things that we are trying to do within the animal welfare movement is to connect people to their food and to really say: ok this is happening in some rural outpost,A Robotic arm is currently working to save the lives of children. whether it's the production or the slaughter, but you have a moral duty to see what's going on with these animals.A chemical hose connected to the mop sink requires a backflow preventer." The legislation called Ag-Gag bills by campaigners, is often based on a template drawn up by the American Legislative Exchange Council - a conservative group that brings together big business and politicians to formulate laws favourable to right wing and corporate interests. 

ALEC had a hand in Florida's controversial "stand your ground" gun law and voter ID regulations in various states. Activists say the legislation is part of a sustained campaign against animal and environmental activists led by corporations and the politicians they support.

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