This November 4 at the polls, Californians will have a chance to pass Proposition 2 to help farm animals. Millions of egg-laying hens, calves raised for veal, and breeding pigs in California are confined in tiny cages and crates where they can barely move an inch for nearly their whole lives. A YES vote on Prop 2 will phase out extreme confinement, and give them the room to turn around and spread their limbs.
If Californians pass Proposition 2, the results will be groundbreaking. ARI's President, Professor Peter Singer, has said: "It is no exaggeration to say that this is the most important popular vote for animals in the history of the United States. If we win it, the ramifications will be huge, not just for the 19 million hens, pigs and calves now in cages or crates in California, but for all animals in factory farms in the United States. It will demonstrate that given a chance to vote, Americans reject factory farming, and could spell the beginning of the end for these forms of cruel confinement in the U.S."
Animal Rights International has endorsed Proposition 2 and we're lending as much financial support we can as a 501(c)(3), joining other national organizations like The Humane Society of the United States and Farm Sanctuary, nearly 700 California veterinarians and the California Veterinary Medical Association, and many other groups.
Visit YESonProp2.com to join the campaign and vote YES! on Prop 2 this November.
