I'm aware of the animal agriculture industry and am very certainly voting No on Prop 2. Please note, the below comments are not meant to sound inflammatory.
1) California already has poultry housing standards set and if you want cage-free eggs or chicken, you have the option of buying clearly labelled cage-free eggs or chicken. With the arguments made above about existing coop sizes, bird flu, food safety standards here vs. other countries, and the economic of the situation, I'm strongly inclined to vote no.
2) Farrowing crates that sows are put in while they birth their piglets are necessary tools used to help manage the sows, protect the handlers, and protect the piglets from being sit upon or eaten by their mothers. The sows are in the farrowing crates for a limited amount of time. Examples of the farrowing crates can be seen at the state fair each year in the nursery. This law would I suspect, unfortunately, discontinue pigs being in the nursery at the state fair.
3) I'm not a fan of veal so I don't eat it. Calves are separated from their mothers so we can have milk and put in calf hutches with a reasonable amount of room for them to move already. With the number of dairies I've been on, I have rarely seen them "caged up".
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Date: 2008-10-29 19:12 (UTC)1) California already has poultry housing standards set and if you want cage-free eggs or chicken, you have the option of buying clearly labelled cage-free eggs or chicken. With the arguments made above about existing coop sizes, bird flu, food safety standards here vs. other countries, and the economic of the situation, I'm strongly inclined to vote no.
2) Farrowing crates that sows are put in while they birth their piglets are necessary tools used to help manage the sows, protect the handlers, and protect the piglets from being sit upon or eaten by their mothers. The sows are in the farrowing crates for a limited amount of time. Examples of the farrowing crates can be seen at the state fair each year in the nursery. This law would I suspect, unfortunately, discontinue pigs being in the nursery at the state fair.
3) I'm not a fan of veal so I don't eat it. Calves are separated from their mothers so we can have milk and put in calf hutches with a reasonable amount of room for them to move already. With the number of dairies I've been on, I have rarely seen them "caged up".
I welcome questions if you'd like to ask them.