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Inside the Republican effort to force millions of farm animals back into cages (www.vox.com)

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[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 46 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This bill, if it passes, applies to much more than just what the just the title says here

The bill would also threaten other farmed animal welfare laws, like California’s and New York City’s prohibitions on the sale of foie gras, a product made by force-feeding ducks and geese.

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The bill is written so broadly that it could threaten some 1,000 other state and local laws and regulations that govern agriculture, from timber to beef to crops, according to Kelley McGill, a regulatory policy fellow at Harvard Law School’s Animal Law and Policy Program