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I think that government mandated minimum quality of life for the animal. Space, roaming, feed, water etc.
by venomsnake 10y ago
I think that government mandated minimum quality of life for the animal. Space, roaming, feed, water etc.
- paulryanrogers 10y agoI'm no fan of more government regulation. Yet it seems clear that totally unregulated markets with uneducated consumers makes a mess of things
- scotty79 10y agoThat would be good and humane way to reduce beef production and increase prices to reduce the demand but it would be costlier for government than setting up new tax. Maybe we could do both? Tax the beef and use the money to enforce minimum quality of life for animals? Even manufacturers could be not that upset because they could significantly increase price per unit. Only group that would be angry could be beef consumers at least the ones that prefer quantity over quality and/or can't pay for quality.
- venomsnake 10y agoI don't care about the price of beef - I only care about the animals living life free of needless cruelty. I am not even convinced that it will be more expensive - the US is vast, there is lots of stuff to graze, instead of disposing of the manure it will be used as fertilizer and so on.
- scotty79 10y agoWouldn't you want less animals to be exposed to necessary cruelty? Higher price can help with that.