Laura Leopardo

I am a New Yorker and I vote.

[Laura Leopardo @lltada]

@SenSchumer Thank you, Senator Schumer, for your compassion, holding back foreign companies from influencing our democracy and for listening to your constituents and voters in other states!!!

[Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer]

I OPPOSE the Save Our Bacon Act and any attempt to jam it into the Farm Bill.

This bill would gut state food safety and animal welfare laws, wipe out voter-approved protections, and strip states like NY of the right to set basic standards.

It's a giveaway to Big Ag and meat monopolies, punishing family farmers who followed the rules, while giving the biggest corporations more power to squeeze farmers and families.

Congress should be lowering food costs, not rewarding the monopolies driving them up. The Save Our Bacon Act does not belong in the Farm Bill, and I will fight to keep it out.

[Equine Advocacy Alliance @TheEquinesVoice]

Didn't even last a whole day. That "intense" @TWULocal100 retraining was nothing more than theater. Ignorance and arrogance will not be stopped. Taking pics while the horse is loose just days after a young tourist was killed. @NYCMayor @SpeakerMenin @nyclass @NBCNewYork

[Linda B. Rosenthal “the #OriginalRosenthal” @LindaBRosenthal]

The tragic death of Romanch Mahajan must not be forgotten.

The @NYCCouncil must quickly pass #RomanchsLaw to end the use of horse carriages in New York City and protect others from being harmed or killed.

@nyclass @ChrisMarteNYC

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

he “Save Our Bacon Act” isn’t about food security, it’s about wiping out hard‑won state laws that ban the sale of pork, eggs, and veal from animals kept in tiny metal cages and crates so small they can’t even turn around. Fifteen states — red, blue, and purple — have passed laws to stop the worst factory farm abuses, like gestation crates for mother pigs, battery cages for hens, and veal crates for calves, and this one rider would nullify hundreds of those protections in one fell swoop. Voters approved measures like California’s Prop 12 and Massachusetts’ Question 3 because they were sick of animals being warehoused in cages and crates, and courts have upheld those laws — but Congress is now trying to do for Big Ag what it couldn’t do itself at the ballot box or in court.
Let’s be clear: this is a blatant power grab for corporate pork giants and the agribusiness lobby, not “help” for family farmers. Small and mid‑size farmers who actually give a damn have already spent time and money to comply with these humane standards, building systems that let animals move, lie down, and turn around. The ones demanding this federal override are the factory farms that chose not to modernize, because it’s cheaper to pack animals shoulder‑to‑shoulder in crates than to treat them like living beings or protect consumers from disease.
What this bill really protects is cruelty and filth. On industrial operations, pregnant sows are locked in “gestation crates” — metal stalls so narrow they can’t turn around or walk, forced to stand or lie in one position, surrounded by their own waste. This extreme confinement causes injuries, chronic stress, and illness, and it creates exactly the kind of dirty, crowded conditions where disease and antibiotic‑resistant bacteria thrive. Research on swine farms has found manure and farm environments loaded with diverse antibiotic resistance genes at levels far higher than in human sewage or soil, which can spread into water, crops, and the broader environment. What happens in those barns does not “stay on the farm” — it comes back to us through the food system, our water, and our communities.

[Wayne Hsiung @waynehhsiung]

We won! Ridglan is closing and all the dogs are coming out!

And I want to share two important things about how we won. (Hint: it wasn’t me. It was someone else!)

[Wayne Hsiung @waynehhsiung]

Animal rights is at a turning point.

There have been three pieces in the @nytimes opinion pages over the last couple weeks on cruelty to animals, including two by among the most influential columnists of our generation, @NickKristof and @ezraklein.

[Matthew Dominguez @Matt_Dominguez]

BREAKING: Senator Roger Marshall just pulled his support from the “Save Our Bacon Act” (SOBA). This is huge.

If the literal co sponsor of this bill pulled out, why are other lawmakers still holding out?

We need to keep going.

Let’s push Congress to follow suit. Contact your representatives and tell them to oppose the Save Our Bacon Act. 🐖🌾
#FarmBill #SaveOurBaconAct #Prop12 #animalwelfare

[VegMediaWatch @VegMediaWatch]

By routinely excluding opposing perspectives, @MSNOWNews treats the cattle industry's protection and survival as beyond debate. @MSNOWComms - you can't claim the moral high ground while ignoring its impact on public health, the animals and the planet. cc: @AliVelshi @RachelVanD

[VegMediaWatch @VegMediaWatch]

In her @Telegraph article "The Miserable Reality of a Plant-based Society,” columnist @AnnabelDenham1 fabricates threats that don’t exist, such as a ban on meat, to justify her hit piece on #veganism.

@chrisevans1 @AllisterHeath - We know that #TheTelegraph under your editorial leadership is notoriously hostile to #vegan diets, but does this dishonest hit piece really meet your journalistic standards?

[Alex Bores @AlexBores]

The Save Our Bacon Act is a brazen attack on animals, independent farmers, and NY’s rights.

The Trump regime and Congressional Republicans are trying to sneak in a measure that incentivizes the most cruel and inhumane practices, and they want to block all future state regulations while they’re at it. The pattern of cruelty is undeniable.

Washington’s message is clear: the powerful corporate interests want to take away your choice and stake in animal protections.

I’m proud to have been endorsed by @humaneactfund and @theanimalvoters because I championed animal rights in Albany, and they know I’ll do the same in Washington from day one.

My position is crystal clear: in Congress, I’d vote No.

https://t.co/x07MGC358f

[Matthew Dominguez @Matt_Dominguez]

Save Our Bacon fight continues:

"The @NPPC has been a driving force in the battle to include the bacon provision. In one Senate lobbying disclosure report for the first-quarter of 2026, NPPC reportedly spent $260,000 lobbying on various issues including the Save Our Bacon Act and the 2026 farm bill."

Reminder: NPPC’s largest member is @SmithfieldFoods — owned by WH Group, a China-based pork conglomerate.

So when NPPC attacks U.S. farmers defending Prop 12, remember who benefits: not independent American farmers, but multinational pork giants based in China.

https://t.co/erxGo8FCFC

[Matthew Dominguez @Matt_Dominguez]

Help us ban octopus farming in New York!

Octopus farming is cruel, unnecessary and has no place in our state. Send a message to your legislators NOW and urge them to protect octopuses from factory farming!

🔗LINK IN BIO.

Thank you to @theanimalvoters and @woodstocksanctuary for leading this incredibly important fight.

#animalwelfare #newyork #takeaction #banoctopusfarming

[Crystal Heath DVM @drcrystalheath]

The so-called “Save Our Bacon” Act is NOT currently included in the base text of the Farm Bill.

But this battle is not over.

The language could still be added back in as an amendment, which means now is the time to call your Senators.

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley said, “It’s got to be in the farm bill or it won’t get done. It’s pretty simple.”

Let's make sure it doesn’t get done!

Call the Capitol Switchboard: [phone]

Tell them:

Keep the so-called “Save Our Bacon” Act out of the Farm Bill.

This bill would undermine state laws that set basic standards for products sold within their borders, including laws that restrict the sale of pork from systems that confine pregnant pigs in gestation crates.

These laws don’t just protect animals; they also protect public health. and the right of states and voters to set meaningful standards.

Extreme confinement can elevate stress, suppress immune function, and increase pathogen growth, shedding, and transmission. Infected animals may remain asymptomatic through slaughter, allowing contaminated products to reach consumers.

Pork is already a major source of foodborne illness in the United States, with pathogens including Salmonella, Campylobacter, Yersinia, Listeria, Staphylococcus aureus, hepatitis E virus, and Toxoplasma gondii. Many of these pathogens can evade routine inspection, and several are increasingly resistant to medically important antibiotics.

The pork industry often argues that banning gestation crates “removes tools” from veterinarians and producers.

But a harmful practice does not become acceptable just because it gives an industry more flexibility.

That is exactly why animal welfare and public-health laws exist: to create a floor below which industries cannot fall.

States must be allowed to protect animals, consumers, and public health from the risks of extreme confinement and industry overreach.

Please call your Senators today:

[phone]

Tell them:

Keep the so-called “Save Our Bacon” Act out of the Farm Bill. Let the will of the voters stand. Let states set their own standards.

You can also visit our website for a template letter to send to your Senators and downloadable flyers you can print for your veterinary office, clinic, school, or outreach table.

#prop12 #saveourbacon #farmbill #vetmed #onehealth

[Lewis Bollard @Lewis_Bollard]

Great news: the Senate farm bill base text won't include the Save Our Bacon Act, which would wipe out state bans on pork from crated pigs.

Senate Ag Chair John Boozman said it's too controversial to include. That's thanks to everyone who called and posted about this.

But the fight's not over. Iowa's Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst will likely now try to add the SOB Act to the bill as a committee amendment.

Keep the calls to your senators going: [phone]. Tell them: no farm bill with the Save Our Bacon Act in it. We can win this.

Photo credit: WeAnimals.

[Farm Action @FarmActionUS]

Big Ag lobbyists want to overturn Prop 12 to preserve their corporate-controlled food system Glenn Greenwald describes here.

The people of California voted for Prop 12, and now Congress is being pressured to override it.

“Female pigs are put into this tiny crate where they cannot turn around.”

“They live like that their whole life.”

“They go insane.”

“They actually start biting through the metal cages and losing all their teeth.”

“Pigs are as intelligent as dogs… and extremely social animals.”

@ggreenwald @krystalball

[Beagle Lovers And Rescuers Inc. @BeagleRescuers]

📣 PLEASE SHARE THIS EVERYWHERE — WE ARE JUST ONE WEEK AWAY

One week from now, people from across the country will gather outside Marshall BioResources in North Rose, New York to stand up for the approximately 26,000 beagles still trapped inside.

The momentum from Ridglan Farms proved the world is watching. People are paying attention. Conversations are growing louder. And now it’s time to keep that momentum moving forward.

🐾 These dogs are born into cages.
🐾 They never chose this life.
🐾 They need people willing to stand up and be their voice.

🗣️ Join us peacefully in North Rose and help shine a national spotlight on a system that countless advocates believe no longer belongs in the modern world.

📍 STAND FOR THE BEAGLES VIGIL
Thursday, Friday, or Saturday
May 28–30, 2026
9am–5pm EST
Attend any day that works for you
5800 Lake Bluff Road
North Rose, NY 14516

⚠️ Event details link in the first comment below.

This vigil is hosted by Beagle Lovers And Rescuers (BLR), a nonprofit founded by people who opened their homes to former research beagles and refused to stay silent after learning the truth. BLR has worked alongside whistleblowers and advocates to help expose what happens behind closed doors inside these facilities while pushing for modern non-animal testing alternatives.

🐶 The beagles inside Marshall BioResources cannot speak for themselves.

But WE can.

[Wayne Hsiung @waynehhsiung]

In about one hour, I will be arraigned on 4 felony counts and face up to 30 years in prison for taking this little guy out of a Ridglan cage.

In addition to charging me, the government has banned me from contacting my co-defendants and is now trying to undermine my right to a speedy trial.

But every corrupt and unconstitutional act by the government will simply make our case even stronger. We press forward to defend the right to rescue—and to defend the tens of thousands of other dogs (and billions of other animals) who remain trapped in cruel cages.

Most importantly, we defend James. Every time I come home, he jumps in my lap and begs to be picked up. It was the first place he ever felt safe. Rescuing him was not a crime. It was one of the best things I've ever done. I relish the opportunity to defend rescuing James in court.

[Matthew Dominguez @Matt_Dominguez]

Very promising news on the fate of the dangerous “Save Our Bacon” inclusion in the Senate #FarmBill. We must stop the SOB from preempting states rights, nullifying voter passed laws, and harming family farmers in favor of Chinese owned Big Pork.

“Both Republican and Democratic aides said the base bill will not contain a provision to preempt states from labeling chemicals like glyphosate, nor will it include a provision negating California's Proposition 12, a law requiring pork, eggs and veal sold in the state to come from animals raised under certain conditions. The provisions will not be included because the Senate will need a bipartisan 60 votes to pass its bill.”

https://t.co/Ts0Xwphzg6

[Matthew Dominguez @Matt_Dominguez]

BREAKING: Senate Ag Chair Boozman confirmed the Farm Bill draft won't include the harmful "Save Our Bacon Act" language!

This leaves Prop 12 protections secure in the Senate's base bill. WE DID THIS through collective action—thank you to everyone who called & emailed!

The fight isn't over. Industrial livestock groups will try to force harmful amendments during markups and on the floor. Keep up the pressure and continue contacting your Senators.

Let's take a collective breath and appreciate this win. Today is a good day for animals. 🐖🐓