Take action for animals today. Join the Animal Legal Defense Fund. View this email in a browser. [[link removed]] [[link removed]]Dear John,

Cruel high-speed pig slaughter is about to go nationwide. Earlier this month,
the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a final rule removing
all line speed limits and allowing pig slaughterhouses across the country to
police themselves – leaving millions of pigs vulnerable to increased suffering
and terror.

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TAKE ACTION [[link removed]]A provision in the House Agriculture Appropriations bill would halt this rule
(scheduled to go into effect on December 2 nd ) until the inspector general has studied the issue further. Please urge your senators to stop the high-speed pig slaughter rule.
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This rule expands a problematic pilot program that allowed five of the nation’s
largest pig slaughterhouses to increase the speed at which pigs are slaughtered.
At one of these plants, killing pigs for Hormel Foods products like Spam and
Natural Choice deli meats, an undercover investigation documented horrific abuse
as employees struggled to keep up – including illegally dragging, kicking,
beating and excessively shocking pigs with electric prods. Other evidence has
confirmed numerous instances of pigs who have not been rendered unconscious
before being killed – resulting in animals being boiled alive in scalding tanks
and left to bleed out.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted comments to the USDA, urging the agency
not to go forward with this dangerous rule. We’re committed to continuing to
fight it through every possible avenue. Help us protect pigs and contact your senators today.
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For the animals,

Stephen Wells
Executive Director

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