Humane Farming Association Launches Campaign to Defeat Rotten Egg Bills in Massachusetts
Proposed Legislation Would Repeal Voter-Enacted Standard for Egg-Laying Hens
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BOSTON, May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Humane Farming Association (HFA) today announced the launch of its Stop the Rotten Egg Bills campaign to sound an alarm about proposed legislation that would repeal an animal-care standard approved by an overwhelming 78% of Massachusetts voters. The public-education campaign includes a website, StopTheRottenEggBill.org, and the placement of full-page advertisements in Massachusetts news outlets.
In 2016, Massachusetts voters approved Question 3, a ballot measure which requires that egg-laying hens each be provided no less than 1.5 square feet of floor space. The law is scheduled to go into effect this coming January. However, if proposed legislation (House bill 864 and Senate bill 36) passes, the egg industry would
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SHARK investigators last summer found sheriff s deputies at Kentucky cockfights. Hindi owns a rivet-manufacturing plant and has money to fight cockfighters via a nonprofit called Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) that he founded in 1994. Admirers have included Bob Barker, former host of The Price Is Right, who donated $1 million to SHARK a decade ago after the group fought Pennsylvania pigeon shoots that continue, with SHARK still protesting the killing. Hindi has been beaten up by folks who don t appreciate him showing up with cameras, and he s been arrested at least twice. He s been whipped with a dog leash while trying to stop a pigeon shoot. He posts recordings of death threats on SHARK s website. Eight or so drones used to document events where SHARK isn t welcome have been shot down, Hindi says.