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Minimum Welfare Standards for Farm Animals
More than 10 billion farm animals are raised and slaughtered
in the U.S. each year without any federal law regulating
how these animals should be treated while on the farm.
To help remedy this, U.S. Representatives Christopher
Shays (R-Conn.) and Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduced
The Farm Animal Stewardship Purchasing Act, H.R. 5557,
which would require any food producer that sells meat,
dairy, and eggs to federal government programs such
as the military, federal prisons, and school lunches,
to meet basic animal welfare standards.
H.R. 5557 would require federal food suppliers to provide
farm animals with daily access to food and water, adequate
shelter and space, and proper veterinary care. That
is, suppliers could not starve or force-feed animals,
confine animals so restrictively that they are unable
to turn around and extend their limbs, or leave sick
or injured animals to languish without treatment or
humane euthanasia - all of which are currently allowed
under federal law.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Please contact your Federal Representative (not your
Federal Senators) to politely ask her or him to co-sponsor
The Farm Animal Stewardship Purchasing Act, H.R. 5557,
which would require any food producer that sells meat,
dairy, and eggs to federal government programs such
as the military, federal prisons, and school lunches,
to meet basic animal welfare standards.
To find out who is your Federal Representative and
their contact information, simply ask
us or visit www.hsus.org/leglookup. |
