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A monumental threat is facing animals in the U.S. The new Farm Bill is being used as a way to gut state animal welfare laws. If this legislative package passes with a very harmful provision, Congress could override the will of voters and erase hard-won protections for animals.

Ever since the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the strongest farm animal protection law in the country—California's Proposition 12—lobbyists representing only the worst segment of the pork industry have pushed Congress to overturn it and many other state laws protecting animals. Industry allies in Congress are trying to use the Farm Bill to implement their so-called "fix."

While this is a rebranded version of past unsuccessful attacks on animal welfare, the Farm Bill is a very real, current threat now, particularly because the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee is pushing this “fix.” If it is enacted, hundreds of state laws protecting animals and addressing disease control, toxic materials, food labeling and more could be destroyed.

This so-called “fix” is an example of animal suffering for profit , massive federal overreach, handouts to favored industries, and backroom deals that benefit the wealthy.

Your voice is critical to stop the unraveling of even the most basic protections

TAKE ACTION

Please make a brief, polite phone call to your U.S. Representative and urge them to oppose the House Farm Bill (H.R. 7567) which contains Section 12006 (the Save Our Bacon Act). You can find their contact information here. You can simply say, "Prop 12 and other state animal welfare laws should be preserved and do not need to be ‘fixed’ as pork industry lobbyists claim. As your constituent, I urge you to oppose any Farm Bill that seeks to nullify state animal protection laws, like Section 12006 in H.R. 7567 currently does."

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Dear Legislator,

I am writing to urge you to oppose the Farm Bill that contains Section 12006 (also known as the “Save Our Bacon” Act) and any other language that seeks to weaken California’s Proposition 12 or nullify any state animal protection laws.

Eliminating laws like Proposition 12 would harm U.S. farmers who have relied on these state laws, made substantial investments to meet consumer demand for more humanely raised products, and are now seeing the benefits of their commitment. Fifteen states have laws addressing extreme confinement of farm animals and nearly 80% of American voters—including nearly equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats—support enactment in their own states of a law to protect farm animals.

A diverse set of more than 6,600 entities have spoken out against attempts to gut Prop 12 and laws like it, including over 5,300 farmers and producers across the country, more than 200 federal lawmakers, nearly 500 veterinarians, and 200 organizations representing agriculture, consumer, food safety, public health, environmental, animal protection, labor, legal and local government/preemption concerns.

I hope you will stand firmly against a massive federal overreach by opposing a Farm Bill that contains Section 12006 (the Save Our Bacon Act) or any other language that seeks to nullify state animal protection laws.

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