WHAT THE EATS ACT IS, AND WHY IT MATTERS FOR ANIMALS

Less than six weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld California’s landmark animal welfare law, Proposition 12, lawmakers from major farming states have banded together in an attempt to effectively gut this critical decision. On June 15, Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) reintroduced the Ending Agriculture Trade Suppression Act, or EATS Act, into Congress. The EATS Act is a controversial piece of legislation designed to prevent states and local jurisdictions from regulating the production and distribution of agricultural products within their borders that are subject to interstate commerce.

If passed, the EATS Act could jeopardize Proposition 12 and hundreds of other state and local laws that regulate animal welfare, food safety and public health. Though the EATS Act has failed in the past, the backlash to Prop 12 could build momentum towards its passage. Here’s what you need to know about the EATS Act, and what it could mean for the future of animal welfare.

What the EATS Act Is, and Why It Matters for Animals (sentientmedia.org)

The EATS Act Explained: The Newest Threat to Farmed Animals (animalequality.org)

Oppose: The EATS Act Would Undermine State Farmed Animal Protection Laws - Animal Legal Defense Fund (aldf.org)

Please read this. It is important for what we stand for.

Rev. William

Her Promise to the Animals

Watch MP Emma Hurst Inaugural Speech at New South Wales Parliament

My Promise to the Animals is THIS - Emma Hurst Inaugural Speech at NSW Parliament - YouTube

About Emma

Emma Hurst is a Member of the New South Wales (Australia) Legislative Council representing the Animal Justice Party.

Visit her Website: www.emmahurstmp.com

Born and raised in Sydney, Emma traces her passion for animal protection back to her childhood when she was cradling a hen. Realizing the hen was purring and showed joy the same way as her rescue cat, she realized animals were sentient and made it her life goal to fight on behalf of those who are voiceless.

Emma has been campaigning for animal protection for many years, having worked at several animal protection organizations. During this time, Emma ran a number of highly successful campaigns that saw two major duck producers successfully prosecuted by the ACCC, the end of various cruel wild goat racing events, multiple companies including major burger chains and butchers cease their sales of rabbit meat, and hundreds of animals rehomed from medical research.

Soon after her election as a Member of Parliament, Emma established and chaired a NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the Use of Battery Cages for Hens in the Egg Production Industry, recommending a phase-out of battery cage hen farming in NSW.

Emma has since established and sat on a series of Inquiries into animal protection issues. These Inquiries have brought animal protection to the forefront of the Parliamentary agenda, exposing the horrific animal cruelty in animal experimentation facilities, changing laws around the use of cetaceans for entertainment, and creating recommendations for transFARMation in the dairy industry.

During her time in Parliament, Emma has also been a strong opponent of Australian ag-gag laws, fighting against the NSW Government's Right to Farm Bill which aims to silence whistle-blowers and stop animal cruelty from being exposed.

Emma is also pushing for a Government-assisted approach to transFARMation: a transition away from animal agribusiness and towards ethical plant-based agriculture and cellular-based meats.

Can-Can't at the Moulin Rouge Bans Animal Performances

A Historic Move: Moulin Rouge Ends Live Animal Performances After 134 Years (plantbasednews.org)

The iconic Cabaret Moulin Rouge venue is putting an end to a tradition of using live pythons that has spanned 134 years. Indian pythons previously have “performed” in submerged water while dancers swim around them in a tank.

The Paris mayoral office has ended this result with immediate effect, in its “aware of societal developments on animal welfare.”

In a statement of PETA France: “The use and abuse of animals in the name of entertainment is no longer acceptable to compassionate viewers.” Paris Animaux Zoopolis refers to this decision as “an historic against animal captivity.”

This is such an important action in our animal rights world. This has been going on for 134 years, and for so long no one really cared about a few reptiles swimming with erotic swimmers. However, it is no longer accepted as trivial nor a small matter. Now, someone cares for these reptiles. The life of every single non-human animal deserves to be treated with compassion and non-cruelty.