Animal protection activists in the United States have long sought legislation to modify or curtail
some practices considered by U.S. agriculture to be acceptable or even necessary to animal
health. Members of Congress over the years have offered various bills that would affect animal
care on the farm, during transport, or at slaughter; several proposals have been introduced in the
111th Congress. Members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees generally have
expressed a preference for voluntary rather than regulatory approaches to humane care.
Meanwhile, animal activists have won initiatives in several states to impose some care
requirements on animal producers.
Date of Report: March 09, 2010
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