By:
Josh Busenbark & Manny Benitez

 Prop. 2: Standards for Confining Farm Animals
 Bans housing that prohibits an animals ability to extend their limbs and to turn around w/o touching the sides of the enclosure
 Primarily aimed at:
 Egg producers
 Veal producers
 Gestation crates in sows
 Full implementation in 2015
Source: http://extension.usu.edu/cache/files/uploads/Proposition%202.pdf

 California voted in favor of Prop. 2
 63.5% in favor
 36.5% not in favor
 Vote distribution reflects agricultural areas
 Central Valley
 Northeastern Region

Source: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/maps/returns/props/prop-2.htm

 Tulare County
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2 nd in the nation for agricultural production
1 st in milk production
 2009 Crop Report:
 Livestock & Poultry $490,041,000
 Livestock & Poultry Products + $1,238,379,000
 Net Income $1,728,420,000
Source: http://agcomm.co.tulare.ca.us/pdf/2009%20Crop%20Report.pdf

 Poultry:
 By 2015 nearly all of the eggs will be imported from other states & perhaps Mexico
 How do you ensure that foreign eggs are as safe as domestic sources?
 What will happen if a Salmonella outbreak occurs in a state that heavily exports eggs to California ?
 Iowa 2010
 Many California egg producers will be forced to move operations elsewhere or even close down
Source: http://agcomm.co.tulare.ca.us/pdf/2009%20Crop%20Report.pdf

 Swine & Veal: the proposition had little impact due since the industries are “virtually non-existent”
Source: http:// www.depauw.edu/humanimalia/issue03/pdfs/lulka%20pdf.pdf

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Yes
 It is the first proposition to set limits on egg production
No
 2002- Florida banned gestation crates
 2006- Arizona banned gestation & veal crates
 2007- Oregon banned gestation & veal crates
 2008- Colorado banned gestation & veal crates
Source: Animal Welfare Issues: Research Knowledge and Policy Alternatives
M. Schutz, S. Eicher, H. Cheng

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Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
Farm Sanctuary
Animal Welfare Advocacy
California Veterinary Medical Association
California Clean Water Action
 Of these supporters, let’s focus on the HSUS

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Founded in 1954
Mission statement
 “Celebrating Animals, Confronting Cruelty”
Collaborating with industry to create animalfriendly policies
 Educating the public about animal issues
Source: http:// www.humanesociety.org/about/overview

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Wal-Mart converted its private egg production to cage-free systems
 Due to the an HSUS shareholder resolution
HSUS has also worked with the following:
 Subway
 Einstein Brothers Bagels
The Ohio Agreement
 The HSUS will not initiate litigation if Ohio agrees to their demands of phasing out crates
Source: http:// www.humanesociety.org/about/ 2009_accomplishments.html

 HSUS v. Hudson Valley Fois Gras (HVFG) 2010
 Sued HVFG for violations on the Clean Water Act
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No money was awarded to the HSUS
HVFG was ordered to submit to 3 rd party environmental audits & to spend $50,000 towards remediating its CWA violations
 In 2006 the HSUS tried to sue the state of NY in an attempt to prevent HVFG from receiving a
$420,00 grant to improve manure treatment and decrease its environmental impact
Source: http:// /humanewatch.org/index.php/documents/detail/federal_district_court_decision_hsus_v._hudson_valley_foie_gras_llc_may_201

 Money…lots of it
 A screenshot of their online 2009 financial report
 A screenshot of their 2009 revenue sheet
 If industry will not comply, they’ll simply put more money into their campaigns

 Non-profit organization located in Norfolk, Virginia
 Worldwide affiliates
 Establishes and defends the rights of animals
 Principle: “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment.”
 Has influence on policy makers through lobbying
 Focus attention on:
 Factory Farms
 Laboratories
 Clothing industry
 Entertainment industry

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Income and expenses according to the 2009
Financial Statement:
 Total Revenue: $34.5 million
 Total Operating Expenses: $34.6 million
 Actual money spent on rescue: $3.4 million
Where does the $31.2 million go??

 1998 Belcross Farm, North Carolina
 Farm workers charged with felony
 Accused of systematic cruelty: beating pregnant sows with an iron pole, skinning pigs alive, and sawing off a conscious animal’s legs.

 Washington D.C.’s Center for Consumer
Freedom (CCF)
 Released records that PETA killed 95% of pets the organization had taken in during 2008
 Records indicate PETA was responsible for the death of 2,124 pets that year
 The same year, a petition was sent to the State
Veterinarian of Virginia to reclassify the organization as a slaughter house.
http:// www.petakillsanimals.com/petasdirtysecret.cfm

 In 2002, PETA recorded a write of on it’s income tax return of $9,370 for a walk in freezer.
 Freezer was the size of a meat locker
 A manager from PETA testified in 2007 that this freezer was used to store the animals it euthanized.
 PETA would have to report this write off on their tax returns…. These forms not available online.

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PETA donated $1500 to the North American Earth Liberation
Front in 2001
 Organization that the FBI has classified as “domestic terrorists”
PETA activists have been arrested over 80 times for breaking laws at protests since 2000
 Felony obstruction of government property
 Criminal mischief
 Assaulting a cabinet official
 Felony vandalism
 Performing obscure acts in public
 Destruction of federal property
 Burglary http://www.consumerfreedom.com/article_detail.cfm/a/154-take-a-biteout-of-peta