Another small victory to bring sense back into our food supply. Unanimous Decision of New Jersey Supreme Court Results in Precedent-Setting Victory for Farm Animals
It sounds good on the surface, but if you get "city slickers" to rewrite the procedures, practices they might be very unrealistic. Laws that mean well tend to go too far.
Well, I have to say it's the START of making it better for animals! I hope the "snowball" grows bigger and bigger as it rolls along. I'm 64 and haven't eaten veal since in my early 20's when I saw what they do to those poor calves. Haven't been able to get it out of my mind after all these years. I say keep at it!!!! Public awareness, that's the key. I wish they would show how these animals are kept on shows like 60 minutes, etc. How anybody could eat food from one of these mistreated animals after seeing it on TV is beyond me. Sorry. I'll get off my soap box.
Be careful what you ask for... The next time you need to remove the spurs from one of your roosters, you may need to take it to a Vet and spend $100, because your "backyard" technique may not be considered humane...or how about when the "animal right" whackos convince the legislature that it is cruel and inhumane to raise day-old chicks in an artificial environment without their mothers or it is inhumane to ship day-old chicks in the mail for two-days. I'm sure everyone will be happy when you cannot order day-old chicks anymore. It is a slippery slope...
I would have to agree with that opinion, Mayberry Saint. Of course everyone wants animals to have the least amount of suffering possible, but to have a blanket ruling about "common practices" can encompass a lot of things we don't want to lose the right to do. Like castration of our own pigs, administering our own injections, clipping milk teeth of piglets, removing spurs, even doing our own wound care, etc. As usual the government manages to miss the point entirely. Instead of targeting the most prevalent violators~ the factory farms~ they make a blanket ruling that could trickle down to the backyard growers. It seems to cover a lot of territory with its vague references and could mean a lot of restrictions for us folks as well.
Quote:I agree, with both veal and fois gras...NOT FOR ME!! I have seen how both of those are "created" I am happy they have passed these...one small step for stopping factory faarms!!
It's never a total victory, but it's a small step in the right direction. Please...these things take time, and can't we at least enjoy a little bit of something good instead of it being a bad thing all the time. yes I know it's bad most of the time, but let us enjoy a little bit of a good thing going towards a better thing, eventually.