In recent years, whistleblowing employees have repeatedly exposed animal abuse, unsafe working conditions, and environmental problems on industrial factory farms. The agribusiness industry’s response to these exposés has not been to prevent the abuses, but rather to try to prevent the American people from finding out about the abuses in the first place.
What exactly are ag-gag bills?
The industry has introduced “ag-gag” bills in numerous states aimed at making whistle-blowing on factory farms essentially impossible.
In 2011, four states (Florida, Iowa, Minnesota, and Iowa) introduced ag-gag bills. Not a single one passed due to public outrage over the serious threat they pose to constitutional freedoms, food safety, animal welfare, and worker rights. In 2012, seven states have introduced these dangerous ag-gag bills:
- Florida – Sec tion 6 of SB 1184/HB 1021 (Section 6 died)
- Illinois – HB 5143
- Indiana – SB 184 (bill pending)
- Iowa – SB 431 / HB 589 (bill pending)
- Minnesota – H 1369 / SF 1118 (bill pending)
- Missouri – SB 695 (bill pending)
- Nebraska – LB 915 (bill pending)
- New York – S.5172 (Take action now)
Click on the following for more details: Ag-Gag Bills, Whistleblower-Suppression : The Humane Society of the United States
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