Confinement of Farm Animals
An Act to Prevent Farm Animal Cruelty
House Bill 458, Senate Bill 786
MSPCA position: Support
Most farm animals are raised in intense confinement systems that thwart most, if not all, of their natural behaviors. This bill would prohibit the confinement of farm animals in a manner that does not allow them to turn around freely, lie down, stand up, and fully extend their limbs; that means that standard veal crates, gestation crates for pregnant pigs, and battery cages for hens would not be allowed in the Commonwealth.
Sponsor: Representative Lewis, Senator Hedlund
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Read the MSPCA's Statement of Belief on Factory Farming
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Read more about Farm Animals and Confinement
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Find out about the MSPCA's Nevins Farm
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Find out about Pittsfield's farm animal ordinance
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Visit the HSUS's Factory Farming Campaign website
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Download the HSUS Farm Animal Confinement fact sheet
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Read about California's Prop 2
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