Pig confined in cage
The ethical treatment of farm animals is a growing concern for many Americans. And that puts states with relatively few animal cruelty laws, like Idaho, in the cross-hairs of animal welfare groups. It also makes those states attractive to livestock operations looking to relocate to less regulated areas.
In this installment of Edible Idaho, correspondent Guy Hand explores animal welfare on the farm.
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Follow Senator Corder’s Animal Cruelty legislation S1317
Idaho Senator Tim Corder’s Website
Animal Legal Defense Fund Website
Humane Society of the U.S. Farm Animal Website
Animal Welfare Approved Website
Janie Burns’s Meadowlark Farm Website
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Guy Hand is a writer, public radio producer and photographer specializing in food and agriculture. |
[...] Idaho’s animal cruelty laws have been ranked by several organizations as some of the most lax in the country. Attempts to address that issue was the subject of a recent Edible Idaho program called “Animal Welfare on the Farm.” [...]