Dear John,

There are times when you need to stand up and fight. This is one of those times.

The Congress is considering an outrageous and sweeping measure—the so-called EATS Act—to wipe out key state farm animal welfare laws.

We need you and other Americans to help us defeat it. We’ll only succeed if we can mobilize Americans with a conscience about animals.

Will you join us for a webinar on August 17th at 8 p.m. E.T. to run through the issue and discuss a plan of action?

The EATS Act seeks to undo two American elections—Prop 12 in California and Amendment 3. These measures established prohibitions on extreme confinement of some farm animals and also limited in-state sales of pork, eggs, and veal from factory farms. These are fabulous laws, approved in landslide votes by lawmakers.

But some Members of Congress want to wipe them out. They want to unwind states’ rights.

BACKGROUND
Right now, countless pigs on factory farms are immobilized in "gestation crates"—two-foot-by-seven-foot cages that are barely larger than the 400-pound mother pigs' bodies. It's a form of torture to confine breeding sows so severely that they cannot even turn around. That confinement isn't limited to a few minutes or a few hours—pigs are locked in place for up to three years. The poor, trapped animals resort to biting on the metal bars as an expression of their physical and psychological torment.

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and its allies challenged the voter-approved laws in court—and lost over and over again. Their legal maneuvers eventually found their way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the conservative-dominated justices ruled against the NPPC and for the rights of states to establish animal-welfare and food-safety standards.

Now, the factory farming lobby is demanding that Congress negate American elections and a series of judicial proceedings.

If you have a heart for farm animals or a concern for the overreaching influence of Big Agriculture, including Chinese-controlled agribusiness giants, we hope you’ll join us for this critical webinar.

Space is limited, and this is a matter of extreme urgency. Register today to guarantee your spot.

DATE: Thursday, August 17
TIME: 8 P.M. ET/5 P.M. PT

Registrants who are unable to attend the live event will receive a link to the recorded version.

This webinar is part of the 2023 Claudia Miller Ignite Educational Series presented by Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy. These free, virtual events are designed to bring awareness and understanding about the complexity of challenges facing animals in the United States and abroad, and to help lovers of animals act on their behalf.

Please register for this event today, and please forward this email to friends and family who also may have an interest in helping animals through the promotion of humane laws and regulations.

If you can't make the event, we still encourage you to write to your federal lawmakers and urge them to to oppose the EATS Act. You can use our pre-filled form by clicking this link!