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I want to warn you that this video is difficult to watch…

An undercover investigator working for the Animal Legal Defense Fund captured
this footage of a factory farm pig named Penny.
[[link removed]] As you’ll see in the video, Penny’s short life was full of suffering — the same
kind of suffering that happens to animals behind closed doors in factory farms
across the country every day.


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Undercover investigations like the one that documented Penny’s abuse, have
revealed severe animal abuse on factory farms — animals beaten, kicked, maimed,
and thrown. The ability to investigate, document, and publicize corporate agriculture’s
abuses is imperative both to the well-being of animals across the nation — and
to our own health and food safety.

That’s why it’s important that we fight against Ag-Gag laws which seek to make
undercover investigations of factory farms illegal. You can read more in
Stephen’s email below about how the Animal Legal Defense Fund has worked
successfully to strike down some of these laws and continues to fight others.

Thank you for standing with us in this vital work.

For the animals,

Cristina Stella
Senior Staff Attorney

John,

The work of undercover investigators has exposed cruel conditions on factory
farms —the confinement of pregnant and nursing pigs in crates too small for them
to turn around, the removal of horns and tails from animals without anesthesia,
and sick and downed cows dragged on the ground before they are slaughtered for
lunchmeat.

But in Arkansas, a far-reaching “Ag-Gag” law threatens to stop these critical
investigations. We recently filed a lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality
of this law in court, but we need your help. Will you make a gift to the Animal Legal Defense Fund today to help support
this and other crucial legal work?
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Arkansas’ Ag-Gag law is far-reaching. Not only does the law allow agricultural
businesses to sue whistleblowers who expose the cruel conditions animals endure
in factory farms, the law also bans undercover investigations of virtually all
private entities, including nursing homes and daycare centers. Whistleblowers could be liable for tens of thousands of dollars just for
exposing the truth.


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This is the eighth lawsuit challenging state Ag-Gag laws. Earlier lawsuits have
resulted in courts striking down similar laws in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, and Iowa. You can make a difference for millions of abused, neglected, and exploited
animals across the country — so please give as generously as you can today.
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Factory farms want to keep their cruel practices hidden from the public. But the
public needs to know the truth about the billions of animals suffering on industrial farms,
including the working conditions that produce lifelong crippling injuries, and
the environmental pollution that is endangering species and degrading air and
water quality.

Together we can fight this abuse and stop factory farms from hiding their
cruelty. Stand with us by making a gift to the Animal Legal Defense Fund today.
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STAND WITH US
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Stephen Wells
Executive Director

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