We all know about Proposition 8..
But what about proposition 2!?!?
HOLY BANANAS!
This. Is. Monumental.
Thank you, thank you.
Links, articles, statistics.. all headed your way tomorrow. If you just can't wait [ha] go ahead and google "proposition 2," and see for yourself.
I'm ecstatic!
It feels so nice, to see that 63.3 percent of these citizens share my views on the treatment of animals. It is so refreshing to know that there are indeed people, veterinarians, farmers, political leaders, etc, involved and interested in the welfare and safety of animals and the agricultural business.
Because I swear, sometimes, I feel surrounded by a bunch of bone-heads. [sorry, family!]
And I often wonder, will I find somebody to marry who agrees on these unshakeable standards of mine? Somebody who will take me seriously, who will realize that I do in fact have a testimony of these truths?
2 comments:
whoa!!! that is fantastic! i never got my absentee ballot from california, and didn't get to vote :( but i'm ecstatic this passed! monumental indeed!
-sarah
vegetarian animal lover :)
Tori,
I'm not going to delete your comment. I think your opinions are valid.
1. The cost of food that is ALREADY increasing exponentially will be raised AGAIN to cover the cost of retrofitting entire operations. THIS SCARES ME! I don't mind paying more for my eggs if that means that the hens producing them they simply have the ability to stretch their wings. I believe that there is no cost too high to ensure basic rights to all of God's creatures. And besides, many experts are agreeing that the cost wont actually go up, because of the out of state production that will now occur. See the L.A. times.
2. The small time farmers who simply do not have the funds to abide by these new standards. We do not get our eggs, our meat, our milk from small time farmers. You pay more to get your products from them, because it costs more to produce at a small time farm. The cage free industry costs more already. And certainly it is thriving, which proves that basic animal rights and the agricultural industry can exist and function together. We get our products from factory farms, which are the source of the nasty videos. Which leads me to your first statement. Obviously these videos are not filmed at "small town farms." Obviously they are documentations of conditions that do actually exist. Even one video of this kind of footage is enough to demand that it be stopped, because if the footage is filmed at one of California's farm factories, it is proving conditions that exist that the ONE factory that supplies all of our eggs. It is proving conditions that exist in the egg industry, period.
The proposition does not even affect "good, hardworking people who do their best to treat their animals well" in "the smallish farm town" you grew up in. They will not lose anything because most likely they are already complying with the standards that the proposition puts in place. And furthermore, the proposition gives the factory farms until the year 2015 to comply with these standard. Surely six years is long enough to come up with a cost efficient way to allow hens room to spread their wings, pregnant sows room to turn around and lie down. We are talking about the basic rights of life here.
The truth is, many people don't want to face the problem here because
a- It is going to cost more. Obviously. The agriculture industry is focused on being cost efficient rather than humane.
b- It takes time, concern, it is a huge problem. We don't want to believe that our meat is diseased, laden with antibiotics, and came from a cow that was raised and slaughtered in appalling conditions. We don't want to accept that no living thing should be treated that way. Surely, here in America, we can come up with a better way to produce and consume our food. Even if it costs more.
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