Supreme Court rejects challenge of California animal welfare referendum

Without comment, the U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear a meat industry challenge to California’s voter-approved Proposition 12, which proponents call “the world’s strongest farm animal protection law.” Prop 12 requires farmers to give sows, veal calves, and egg-laying chickens more room to move about and bans shipments of pork, veal, and eggs… » Read More

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