Dangerous New Bill Helps Factory Farms Hide Animal Abuse

The "Soko animal welfare" is small - and very successful in exposing scandals in animal husbandry. The result so far: four closed animal testing laboratories, 14 closed slaughterhouses, more than a hundred condemned animal torturers. Always in the middle is founder Friedrich Mülln.

Dangerous New Bill Helps Factory Farms Hide Animal Abuse

Horrifying new South Dakota Senate Bill 14 poses a serious threat by making it easier for factory farms (also known as CAFOs) to hide animal abuse from the public. Like many ag-gag laws before it, the proposed legislation would criminalize documenting and making public the conditions at factory farms and food-processing facilities. This means creating more secrecy around food-processing operations and leaving the public in the dark about many as…