Iowa lawmakers seek to penalize animal rights activists

[Tabasco_Dave]

DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - The Iowa state Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to impose penalties on animal rights activists caught trying to get a job at a farm or animal production facility in order to gather evidence such as cruelty to animals.

Alarmed by the activists, the Iowa House of Representatives last year voted to establish a prison sentence of up to 10 years for people caught going into a livestock confinement facility to take pictures or video of the animals and those who are caring for the livestock.

http://news.yahoo.com/iowa-lawmakers-seek-penalize-animal-rights-activists-061855503.html

10 years! sounds like Fascism to me.

[secondwind]

2. That is wrong on so many levels.......... n/t

[Quantess]

3. If they are exposing abuse, they should be commended instead!

This is like shooting the messenger.

"The few opponents of the proposed law said it would turn whistleblowers exposing legitimate complaints into criminals at the expense of public health." DUH!

[Scootaloo]

4. Whistleblowers cost corporations money

You didn't think our judiciary existed for the people, did you?

[JJW]

8. Corporation are people

[Scootaloo]

9. Immortal people who are not culpable for their own actions

and are legally entitled to maximum profit.

Must be nice, huh?

[24601]

10. Immortal? Not familiar with the murder of Arthur Anderson?

[JJW]

5. Corporations bribing Politicians is free speech

and photographing cruelty to animals is a crime? Boycott Iowa!

[RKP5637]

6. This is sooo F'ed up in so many ways. Same will eventually be applied to people in

desperation, living in poverty, health problems, aged, etc. This should be renamed United Corruption, Inc. It's disgusting what many politicians in the US have become.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Freedom of the press issues?

It seems to me they are reporting on what is happening, and is a matter of public interest. It's not even civil disobedience, and it's hard to call it an 'invasion of privacy', or 'stealing confidential information'.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

11. Welcome to Iowa!