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Why are gag laws needed then? Why is any kind of filming prohibited at most factory farms? Which practices in that film do you claim are unusual?
by cageface 7y ago
Why are gag laws needed then? Why is any kind of filming prohibited at most factory farms? Which practices in that film do you claim are unusual?
- gamblor956 7y agoGag laws aren't needed, and most states and countries don't have them. Some states have gag laws because activists kept trespassing onto farms and disrupting activities, including harassing workers and endangering themselves in order to get footage. There are several shots in the video in which the camera person could have fallen into the machinery and become sausage or fillets. I claim that most of the practices in the film are unusual in the West, especially since they violate farm safety laws passed after the mad cow outbreak several decades ago. It's also not clear why footage from Asian factory fish farms is relevant to a discussion of factory farms in the West.
- cageface 7y agoOver the past decade, the animal-agriculture industry has been behind the introduction of "ag-gag" bills in more than half of all state legislatures across the country. https://www.aspca.org/animal-protection/public-policy/what-ag-gag-legislation https://www.aspca.org/animal-protection/public-policy/what-a... If the problem was just trespassing then existing trespassing laws would be sufficient.