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Chris Christie is "Governor Pig Vomit"!
Governor Christie Vetoes Pig Protection Bill
by Vandhana Bala
Nov 28, 2014
Putting politics ahead of the people (and pigs), New Jersey governor Chris Christie has vetoed a bill that would have effectively banned gestation crates and required hog farmers to give animals at least enough room to turn around and lie down comfortably. It was a modest measure that passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in both branches of the state legislature.
More than 93 percent of New Jersey residents favored the bill, which came into the national spotlight when it drew the support of numerous celebrities, including Bob Barker, Edie Falco, Danny DeVito, Bill Maher, Paul Wesley, Jon Bernthal, and Martha Stewart.
Then why did Christie veto the bill?
It turns out that Christie’s presidential aspirations were behind his latest act of corruption. According to MSNBC and the Daily Show, Christie’s primary concern was appeasing Iowa factory farmers in hopes of getting their support for his bid to be president. After all, the Iowa caucus helps determine which nominee will become the Republican Party’s chosen candidate. Unfortunately, mother pigs in New Jersey now have to pay the price.
As repeatedly documented by Mercy For Animals, confinement in gestation crates is one of the worst forms of institutionalized animal abuse in existence. For nearly their entire lives, pregnant pigs are condemned to these filthy metal crates, which are so small the mother pigs are unable to turn around, lie down comfortably, walk, run, play, or engage in other natural behaviors.
read more: http://www.mfablog.org/breaking-governor-christie-ignores-voters
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Christie
what a POS
Life for America's breeding pigs
February 19, 2014
Pigs are one of the smartest animals on Earth. Highly social, intelligent, and curious, they engage in complex tasks, form elaborate, cooperative social groups and feel fear, pain, and stress. Studies show that they are more intelligent than dogs and even some primates, and scientists have demonstrated that pigs are capable of playing simple video games, learning from each other, and even learning names.
Most breeding pigs in the U.S. are confined in "gestation crates" for virtually their entire lives. For several years, they're confined to crates that nearly immobilize them, enduring a cycle of repeated impregnation. These individual cages are approximately 2 feet wide—so small the animals can't even turn around or take more than a step forward or backward.
Due to the duration and severity of their confinement, these pigs' suffering is among the worst of all factory-farmed animals.
The science is clear
Renowned animal welfare scientist Dr. Temple Grandin says, "We've got to treat animals right, and gestation stalls have got to go." She continues, "Confining an animal for most of its life in a box in which it is not able to turn around does not provide a decent life."
The Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production—funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and which included the former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture—recommended that "all systems that restrict natural movement," including gestation crates, be phased out.
read more: http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/confinement_farm/facts/gestation_crates.html
WARNING: Graphic and Disturbing Video
February 19, 2014
Pigs are one of the smartest animals on Earth. Highly social, intelligent, and curious, they engage in complex tasks, form elaborate, cooperative social groups and feel fear, pain, and stress. Studies show that they are more intelligent than dogs and even some primates, and scientists have demonstrated that pigs are capable of playing simple video games, learning from each other, and even learning names.
Most breeding pigs in the U.S. are confined in "gestation crates" for virtually their entire lives. For several years, they're confined to crates that nearly immobilize them, enduring a cycle of repeated impregnation. These individual cages are approximately 2 feet wide—so small the animals can't even turn around or take more than a step forward or backward.
Due to the duration and severity of their confinement, these pigs' suffering is among the worst of all factory-farmed animals.
The science is clear
Renowned animal welfare scientist Dr. Temple Grandin says, "We've got to treat animals right, and gestation stalls have got to go." She continues, "Confining an animal for most of its life in a box in which it is not able to turn around does not provide a decent life."
The Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production—funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and which included the former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture—recommended that "all systems that restrict natural movement," including gestation crates, be phased out.
read more: http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/confinement_farm/facts/gestation_crates.html
WARNING: Graphic and Disturbing Video
actually, comparing Christie to a pig is an insult to pigs