Voter-approved ballot measure to restrict sales of pork from sows kept in gestation crates remains in effect at all food sales outlets in Massachusetts Boston—Today, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts rejected claims from a Missouri-based factory farming corporation that Question 3, a 2016 voter-approved law that prohibited statewide the sale … Read more
Justices Determine that Key State Anti-Confinement LawsDo Not Violate U.S. Constitution In what can only be considered a monumental victory for the right of Americans to establish more humane standards for farm animals, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision upholding California’s Proposition 12, a 2018 voter-approved ballot measure that restricts the sale of pork, … Read more
Justices determine states can halt sale of animal products derived from extreme animal confinement Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy expressed unbridled enthusiasm for a U.S. Supreme Court decision specifically upholding California’s Proposition 12, but which has much broader implications for the rights of states to promote humane … Read more
Press Release Reps. Nancy Mace, Dina Titus, and Sens. Mike Lee, Cory Booker, Rand Paul, Elizabeth Warren, and Kirsten Gillibrand Introduce Bicameral, Bipartisan Legislation Tuesday WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Animal Wellness Action (AWA), the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM), the Center for a Humane Economy (CHE), and the National Dairy Producers Organization (NDPO) applauded U.S. Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Dina Titus, D-Nev., … Read more
Needless and cruel animal testing and extreme hog confinement
can no longer withstand scrutiny
Four years ago, 12,051,139 Californians cast ballots on Proposition 12, a measure formulated to improve the living conditions of some species of farm animals.
Center for a Humane Economy, Animal Wellness Action, and agriculture veterinarians submit briefs eviscerating pork industry
claims
Justices provided with compelling testimony about mistruths and exaggerations Washington, D.C. — The pork industry today can meet California’s humane treatment standards with existing sow housing systems, according to pleadings filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by two leading agricultural veterinarians and a set of organizations led by the Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness … Read more
Final Rule Should Be Implemented With One-Year Phase-In; Option for a 15-Year Phase-In for Laying-Hen Welfare Is Absurd and Unacceptable Washington, D.C. – The Center for a Humane Economy, Animal Wellness Action, and the Animal Wellness Foundation welcomed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s release last week of the proposed Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards rule, … Read more
The United States Supreme Court, in a case captioned National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, is poised to weigh in on the constitutionality of Proposition 12, a voter-backed California state law that bans the in-state sale of pork from cruelly confined pigs, regardless of where the animals are raised. The measure, which also provides more … Read more