farm animal rights

A divided panel of judges partially upheld Iowa’s ‘ag-gag” law first put in place in 2012. The Des Moines Register reported last week that decision came at the same time a coalition of animal rights groups filed another lawsuit challenging a follow-up law that passed in 2021. Iowa has now ...

Many in the animal agriculture sector feel they’ve been the target of many attacks during the coronavirus pandemic. Hannah Thompson-Weeman, vice president of communications at Animal Ag Alliance, recently said animal agriculture and the food supply chain has risen to the challenges wrought by COVID-19 despite the continued attacks by activists opposed to animal agriculture. “ ...

The Supreme Court this week rejected to hear challenges to state animal ag laws.  The Supreme Court rejected oral arguments in two lawsuits, one against California and another against Massachusetts, regarding interstate commerce of agriculture products.  The law...

The Supreme Court this week rejected to hear challenges to state animal ag laws.  The Supreme Court rejected oral arguments in two lawsuits, one against California and another against Massachusetts, regarding interstate commerce of agriculture products.  The law...

On Thursday, a federal appeals court ruled, Idaho’s ban on spying at farms, dairies and slaughterhouses violated free speech rights.  In 2014, Idaho lawmakers passed a bill making it a crime to videotape agriculture operations after the state’s $2.5 billion dairy ...

According to the Animal Agriculture Alliance, the message at this year’s Farm Animal Rights Conference in Alexandria, VA was to eliminate all human exploitation of animals including farm animals.   Kay Johnson Smith, Alliance president and CEO said, “The speakers at this year’s Animal Rights National Conference made their goals clear – ending all forms of animal agriculture, regardless of how well