1) catnip13 has already mentioned that the standards for cage-free are not well-defined or labeled... I trust the company I buy eggs from because they offer much more information on how they do things, but most places don't.
2) This law would not discontinue harrowing crates for pigs on exhibition at a state fair or similar event. One of the exemptions is "d) during rodeo exhibitions, state or county fair exhibitions, 4-H programs, and similar exhibitions."
Likewise, the law would not apply "[t]o a pig during the seven-day period prior to the pig's expected date of giving birth." I've heard the concern raised that it can be hard to predict the birthing date, and you raise the additional question of what happens afterward, but the exception suggests that the issue has at least been considered. I don't know how well.
3) With respect, anecdotal evidence isn't. The practice of caging veal calves in an "inhumane" fashion may not be widespread, so you may not have run across it, but that doesn't mean it does not exist. I don't eat veal either, but I wouldn't eat it even if this passes, so I can't exactly boycott it on principle.
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Date: 2008-10-30 17:10 (UTC)2) This law would not discontinue harrowing crates for pigs on exhibition at a state fair or similar event. One of the exemptions is "d) during rodeo exhibitions, state or county fair exhibitions, 4-H programs, and similar exhibitions."
Likewise, the law would not apply "[t]o a pig during the seven-day period prior to the pig's expected date of giving birth." I've heard the concern raised that it can be hard to predict the birthing date, and you raise the additional question of what happens afterward, but the exception suggests that the issue has at least been considered. I don't know how well.
3) With respect, anecdotal evidence isn't. The practice of caging veal calves in an "inhumane" fashion may not be widespread, so you may not have run across it, but that doesn't mean it does not exist. I don't eat veal either, but I wouldn't eat it even if this passes, so I can't exactly boycott it on principle.