Hidden on page 744 of the farm bill the House Agriculture Committee passed Thursday is a provision that would condemn millions of pigs to a lifetime in gestation crates.
Rebranded the 'Save Our Bacon Act,' it's a pork-industry play to wipe out every state law banning the sale of pork from crated pigs — laws the conservative Supreme Court upheld in 2023.
Over 85% of Democrats and Republicans oppose these crates. Voters have backed ballot measures to ban them in state after state.
The pork industry knows it can't win a straight vote on this. So it's burying the provision in an 800-page bill and hoping no one notices.
Contact your senators and representative today and tell them: oppose the farm bill unless the Save Our Bacon Act is stripped out. You can reach them at https://t.co/MQvByA4atR and https://t.co/v6ghw99u1K — it takes two minutes and it matters.
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@kewpiefc Cages belong in the past! Not only is it cruel to keep animals crammed in cages, it is also an unclean and unsafe environment to produce food in. @kewpie_official https://t.co/QyMDLPjcD9 #UncleanKewpieEggs
@kewpiefc@kewpie_official is showing a lack of global equity by only sourcing cage-free eggs for the US and Europe. Do all of their customers not deserve the same quality? https://t.co/pqDM4i74mz #UncleanKewpieEggs
@kewpie_official @kewpie_officia refuses to make a global cage-free commitment. That must be because they choose profits over animal welfare and people’s health! https://t.co/xLwjbqDwrN #UncleanKewpieEggs
@kewpie_official The hens in Kewpie’s production facilities live in spaces no bigger than an iPad! They can’t even spread their wings. Please stop buying Kewpie products until they go cage-free! @kewpie_Official#UnCleanKewpie
@kewpie_official Your customers in all regions deserve cage-free egg ingredients, @kewpie_official! It’s time to stop getting your eggs from disgusting and unethical cages! https://t.co/pqDM4i74mz #UncleanKewpieEggs
The UK Parliament just banned the live export trade for farmed mammals!
Thousands of advocates campaigned for this reform for decades. This is a win for compassion and persistence.
Washington state just passed the nation's first ban on octopus farming!
To most people, octopuses inspire awe and wonder. To factory farmers, they inspire greed and cruelty.
It's the 21st Century. We know enough to know we shouldn't factory farm new species.
Just obscene. It's almost 2024, for goodness sake. What is it going to take for NYC city officials to wake up and ban horse carriages already? #EnoughIsEnough