Court rejects challenge to NJ farm animal rules
The Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. - The state Supreme Court has rejected a broad challenge to New Jersey's rules governing the humane care of farm animals, sending the matter back to the state Agriculture Department for fine-tuning.
The court considered a challenge brought by a coalition of animal rights activists. The activists are questioning practices like castration without anesthesia, trimming the beaks of chickens and claws on turkeys without pain relievers, and confining animals in cramped cages.
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he court's decision did not ban any specific practice; rather, it sent the matter back to the Agriculture Department for further action and clarification. Link
New Jersey’s law stated that commonly practiced animal husbandry techniques trumped any animal welfare laws that may be passed. HSUS and Farm Sanctuary are trying to challenge it. It is critical that we be allowed to continue to manage our livestock for their own good. Everything we do to these animals is for their own health and well being.
Showing posts with label animal husbandry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animal husbandry. Show all posts
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Farmers are Best
Farmers are best judges of humane treatment of productive units
Many will recall that Professor Harold Hill was a real scalawag, but lovable. That made him believable enough for the folks in River City to support his promotion of a community band to include 76 trombones.
While that theme made Music Man one of Broadway's all-time popular and long-running musicals, similar unbelievable and unlikely promotions appear all too frequently in regard to food production and farm practices. One of the latest is a petition drive leading to propositions in California and three other states that will give voters the audacious and unmerited authority to dictate to farmers how they must house poultry and meat animals.
It is being bankrolled by a scalawag group with the auspicious name Humane Society of the United States (HSUS.). For 50 years it has been less identified with legitimate humane animal treatment than with shock campaigns against widely accepted animal husbandry practices. Read More
Producers will always be the greatest animal welfare experts because they are the ones working with the animals. They have the most to lose if their animals aren’t content, thus making animals less productive. That is why it is so important to talk to consumers about what we do. They want to talk to the producers and you are regarded as a very trusted source.
Many will recall that Professor Harold Hill was a real scalawag, but lovable. That made him believable enough for the folks in River City to support his promotion of a community band to include 76 trombones.
While that theme made Music Man one of Broadway's all-time popular and long-running musicals, similar unbelievable and unlikely promotions appear all too frequently in regard to food production and farm practices. One of the latest is a petition drive leading to propositions in California and three other states that will give voters the audacious and unmerited authority to dictate to farmers how they must house poultry and meat animals.
It is being bankrolled by a scalawag group with the auspicious name Humane Society of the United States (HSUS.). For 50 years it has been less identified with legitimate humane animal treatment than with shock campaigns against widely accepted animal husbandry practices. Read More
Producers will always be the greatest animal welfare experts because they are the ones working with the animals. They have the most to lose if their animals aren’t content, thus making animals less productive. That is why it is so important to talk to consumers about what we do. They want to talk to the producers and you are regarded as a very trusted source.
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