California's Proposition 12 upheld!

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SUPREME COURT VICTORY
California's Proposition 12 Upheld

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May 11 is officially a historic day for farmed animals and California voters! Today, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld Proposition 12. In the state of California, this important law ...

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* Protects pregnant pigs from extreme confinement, including banning gestation crates
* Bans veal crates for calves
* Bans battery cages for egg-laying hens
* Prohibits the sale of products from such inhumane practices

Farm Sanctuary was an intervenor in this case, as part of a coalition of nonprofit organizations - led by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) - urging SCOTUS to uphold the law. As an intervenor, we were party to the case and worked to ensure farmed animals have a voice in a legal system that often ignores them.

Pigs in gestation crates, Julia pig at sanctuary, hens in battery cages, a hen at sanctuary
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Today's Supreme Court ruling not only protects vulnerable farmed animals in California but also affirms the rights of California voters to reject these cruel practices.

"Like all animals, farm animals have feelings, and they deserve to be treated with kindness and respect. Citizens in California and other states have consistently voted to outlaw the extreme and inhumane confinement of animals in cages and crates on factory farms, and we are very grateful that the Supreme Court of the United States, like other courts before it, has affirmed California's compassion and upheld Prop 12. Kindness to other animals is not only good for the animals, it's also good for us," reflected Gene Baur, co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary. "This decision is a critical step in the fight to protect farm animals and the expressed interests of California voters."

Factory farm interests have been fighting voters for decades. Producers want to continue using methods that Prop 12 bans, despite voters' clear rejections of the resulting immense harms. This is part of a long history of industry pushback against any law that serves farmed animals.

Farm Sanctuary and our allies have supported and defended laws that fight animal cruelty for over three decades.

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This victory comes on the heels of Farm Sanctuary and the farmed animal movement's victory in North Carolina, where we overturned North Carolina's "Ag-Gag" law. These victories for farmed animals, voters, and transparency are critical to what we do. But we can't do it without your help.

Please consider making a donation today to help us fight the harms of animal agriculture and "build the good" - just and sustainable plant-based food systems that nourish
everyone.

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