In Defense of
Animals (IDA)
August 2013
IDA teamed up with animal advocates like you and other animal protection
organizations to convince North Carolina’s legislature to oppose Senate Bill
648, the state’s proposed “ag gag” bill.
Ag gag bills seek to criminalize individuals who document animal abuse in
slaughterhouses and on factory farms. Without the evidence that undercover
video provides, the worst abuses committed by the factory farming industry
would go unseen and unpunished.
Ag gag bills are a clear attempt by animal agriculture interests to suppress
exposure of severe animal abuse. If the animal agriculture industry is not
responsible for any wrongdoings and has nothing to hide, it should not be
concerned about undercover investigations.
Thanks to you the North Carolina legislature ended this session without
passing its version of the ag gag bill.
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