Vote YES on PROP 2
Californians for Humane Farms is the proud sponsor of the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, an initiative that will appear on California's November 2008 ballot. It is cruel and inhumane to confine animals in cages so small they can’t turn around or stretch their limbs. All animals deserve humane treatment, including those raised for food. Vote YES on Prop #2 to protect animals from unacceptable abuse.
This November 4, Californians should vote YES! on Prop 2 – a modest measure that stops cruel and inhumane treatment of animals, ending the practice of cramming farm animals into cages so small the animals can't even turn around, lie down or extend their limbs.
Voting YES! on Prop 2...
Prevents cruelty to animals.
It’s simply wrong to confine veal calves, breeding pigs, and egg-laying hens in tiny cages barely larger than their bodies. Calves are tethered by the neck and can barely move, pigs in severe confinement bite the metal bars of their crates, and hens get trapped and even impaled in their wire cages. We wouldn’t force our pets to live in filthy, cramped cages for their whole lives, and we shouldn’t force farm animals to endure such misery. All animals, including those raised for food, deserve humane treatment.Improves our health and food safety.
We all witnessed the cruel treatment of sick and crippled cows exposed by a Southern California slaughter plant investigation this year, prompting authorities to pull meat off school menus and initiate a nationwide recall. Factory farms put our health at risk—cramming tens of thousands of animals into tiny cages, fostering the spread of diseases that may affect people. YES! on Prop 2 is better for animals—and for us.Supports family farmers.
California family farmers support YES! on Prop 2 because they know that better farming practices enhance food quality and safety. Increasingly, they’re supplying major retailers like Safeway and Burger King. Factory farms cut corners and drive family farmers out of business when they put profits ahead of animal welfare and our health.Protects air and water and safeguards the environment.
The American Public Health Association has called for a moratorium on new factory farms because of the devastating effects these operations can have on surrounding communities, spreading untreated waste on the ground and contaminating our waterways, lakes, groundwater, soil, and air. Prop 2 helps stop some of the worst abuses and protects our precious natural resources. That’s why California Clean Water Action and Sierra Club-California support YES! on Prop 2.Is a reasonable and common-sense reform.
Prop 2 provides ample time—until 2015—for factory farms using these severe confinement methods to shift to more humane practices. Arizona, Colorado, Florida, and Oregon have passed similar laws. The Humane Society of the United States, the ASPCA, hundreds of California veterinarians, including the California Veterinary Medical Association; California family farmers; the Center for Food Safety, the Consumer Federation of America, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the United Farm Workers, and the Cesar Chavez Foundation; Republican and Democratic elected officials; California religious leaders; and many others.
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California veterinary professionals (Click here to see more)
More than 700 California veterinarians and more than 150 California veterinary medical students, the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association, the Marin County and San Diego County Veterinary Medical Associations, and more than 90 veterinary hospitals and clinics.
Media Endorsements (Click here to see more)
San Diego Union-Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, LA Daily News, Oakland Tribune/Contra Costa Times, Santa Barbara News Press, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Whittier Daily News, Sacramento News & Review, Columnist Gary Bogue, Columnist Tom Hennessey, Columnist Nicholas Kristof, Syndicated pet-care columnist Gina Spadafori
California farmers (Click here to see more)
More than 100 California farmers, including Bill Niman, Prather Ranch, Dobson Dairy Ranch, Eatwell Farms, Rumsey Farms, Flores Ranch, Lunny Ranch, and US Farms, Inc.
Animal protection charities (Click here to see more)
More than 140 organizations, including two dozen California humane societies and SPCAs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and beyond; the State Humane Association of California; and leading national organizations like Farm Sanctuary, the ASPCA, the National Federation of Humane Societies, and Best Friends Animal Society
Elected officials and local governments (Click here to see more)
US Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein; State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell; State Treasurer Bill Lockyer; US Representatives Howard Berman (Van Nuys), John Campbell (Orange County), Lois Capps (Santa Barbara), Susan Davis (San Diego), Bob Filner (San Diego), Elton Gallegly (Ventura), Barbara Lee (East Bay), George Miller (Martinez), Laura Richardson (Long Beach), Brad Sherman (San Fernando Valley), Maxine Waters (Los Angeles), Diane Watson (Los Angeles), and Henry Waxman (Los Angeles); Mayors Antonio Villaraigosa (Los Angeles), Gavin Newsom (San Francisco), Jerry Sanders (San Diego), Heather Fargo (Sacramento), Marty Blum (Santa Barbara), Beth Krom (Irvine), Pat Eklund (Novato), and Craig Litwin (Sebastapol); state Senators Dean Florez (Bakersfield/Fresno), Sheila Kuehl (Los Angeles), Christine Kehoe (San Diego), Carole Migden (San Francisco), and Darrell Steinberg (Sacramento); Assembly Speaker pro Tem Sally Lieber (Mountain View); and Assembly members Jim Beall (San Jose), Joe Coto (San Jose), Mike Davis (Los Angeles), Mark DeSaulnier (Martinez), Merv Dymally (Los Angeles), Loni Hancock (Albany), Paul Krekorian (Glendale), Mark Leno (San Francisco), Lloyd Levine (Van Nuys), Gene Mullin (San Mateo), Pedro Nava (Santa Barbara), and Jose Solorio (Anaheim); former Mayor Richard Riordan (Los Angeles), and others. The city councils of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Davis, Fairfax, Carson, Rancho Palos Verdes, Santa Monica, Santa Cruz, West Hollywood, and Berkeley
Medical Professional Endorsements (Click here to see more)
More than 60 California medical professionals including author John McDougall, MD, and general practitioners, cardiologists, pediatricians, chiropractors, dentists, optometrists, registered nurses and more.
Celebrities & public figures (Click here to see more)
Nearly 100 well-known experts, authors, actors, actresses, chefs, and others, including Dr. Jane Goodall, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Michael Pollan, Ed Begley, Jr., Robert Redford, Bill McKibben, Eric Schlosser, Ellen DeGeneres, Daryl Hannah, Hayden Panetierre, James Cromwell, Alicia Silverstone, Ed Asner, and more
Leading nonprofit and advocacy organizations (Click here to see more)
More than 80 organizations across the country that are working to address the public health, environmental, social justice and animal welfare impacts of factory farming, including United Farm Workers, Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Planning and Conservation League, Family Farm Defenders, Compassion in World Farming, the Cesar Chavez Foundation, California Young Democrats, Defenders of Wildlife, Greenpeace USA, and the Organic Consumers Association
Religious organizations and leaders (Click to see more)
National and state leaders from across the religious spectrum, including: the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, The Right Reverend Marc Handley Andrus, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California, The Right Reverend Joseph Jon Bruno, D.D., Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, Bishop Mary Ann Swenson, California-Pacific Conference, United Methodist Church, The Right Reverend James R. Mathes, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, Richard Mouw, President of Fuller Seminary, Dr. Jack Hayford, President of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel/Chancellor of The King's Seminary, and more than 100 leaders of individual California congregations
California businesses and business owners (Click here to see more)
Nearly 400 California businesses from all walks of commerce, including restaurants, artists, pet-related stores and services, real estate brokers, grocery stores, health care professionals, construction, and more
