Common Legal Animal Abuses Reviews by New Jersey Court
Last week, a coalition of animal
advocacy groups was heard by the New Jersey Supreme Court. These
groups' goal is to end what they consider egregious factory farm
abuses permissible by the state Department of Agriculture, such as
confining pregnant pigs for months at a time in gestation crates,
tethering and restrictively confining calves raised for veal until
they are sent to slaughter and mutilations without anesthesia
including castration, de-beaking, de-toeing and tail docking. A
ruling from the Supreme Court is expected to be handed down in about
one to two months.
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N.J. high court hears case on animal abuses
Posted 24 Mar 2008