{"id":443,"date":"2008-11-05T20:03:55","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T03:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=443"},"modified":"2010-03-16T12:37:25","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T19:37:25","slug":"california-votes-for-happier-farm-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/california-votes-for-happier-farm-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"California Votes For Happier Farm Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-450\" title=\"Prop 2 Passes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/prop2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While it may not really change things until the year\u00a02015 when it goes into effect (an eternity away for those animals who suffer), Prop 2 in California is a major step in working towards improving the lives of the most unhappy animals.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all of you who worked hard to get the proposition on the ballot. Thank you also to the big contributors,\u00a0like Farm Sanctuary &amp; The Humane Society, and of course, thanks to all of you in California who voted!<\/p>\n<p>Below\u00a0is a statement from the hard-working group behind this initiative.<\/p>\n<p>California voters say YES! on Prop 2<br \/>\n(Nov. 4, 2008) \u2013 Voters in California approved an historic ballot measure to halt the inhumane confinement of animals on factory farms by an overwhelming margin. As of 11 PM PST, Prop 2 was leading 62% to 38%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia voters have taken a stand for decency and compassion and said that the systemic mistreatment of animals on factory farms cannot continue,&#8221; said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, the primary back of the YES! on Prop 2 campaign. &#8220;All animals deserve humane treatment, including animals raised for food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Proposition 2 ends the practice of confining certain animals raised for food in crates and cages so small the animals can barely move. Prop 2 requires that factory farms provide enough space for animals to stand up, turn around and extend their limbs. It applies to breeding pigs, egg laying hens and veal calves. Prop 2 goes into effect in January of 2015, giving factory farms six years to shift to different housing systems.<\/p>\n<p>The YES! on Prop 2 campaign received donations from 25,000 individual contributors across the country. Thousands of volunteers worked to collect signatures, distribute campaign literature, and rallied to get out the vote for Prop 2.<\/p>\n<p>Prop 2 attracted support from a broad coalition of organizations and leaders, including the California Veterinary Medical Association, United Farm Workers, State Humane Association of California, the Center for Food Safety, and the Consumer Federation of America, to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>The opponents of Proposition 2 \u2013 agribusiness companies from throughout the nation \u2013 spent $9 million to try to defeat the ballot initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yesonprop2.com\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">http:\/\/www.yesonprop2.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While it may not really change things until the year\u00a02015 when it goes into effect (an eternity away for those animals who suffer), Prop 2 in California is a major step in working towards improving the lives of the most unhappy animals. 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As of 11 PM PST, Prop 2 was leading 62% to 38%. \u201cCalifornia voters have taken a stand for decency and compassion and said that the systemic mistreatment of animals on factory farms cannot continue,&#8221; said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, the primary back of the YES! on Prop 2 campaign. &#8220;All animals deserve humane treatment, including animals raised for food.\u201d Proposition 2 ends the practice of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4277,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,17],"tags":[2330,2335,178],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-rights","category-general","category-politics","tag-animal-rights","tag-politics","tag-proposition-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>California Votes For Happier Farm Animals - HappyCow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/california-votes-for-happier-farm-animals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"California Votes For Happier Farm Animals - HappyCow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While it may not really change things until the year\u00a02015 when it goes into effect (an eternity away for those animals who suffer), Prop 2 in California is a major step in working towards improving the lives of the most unhappy animals. 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