Vote No on Issue 2

[iwasthere]

irishbobcat i too will vote no on nov 3rd.

[irishbobcat]

On November 3rd, Issue 2 will be on the statewide ballot, and Ohio voters who care about animals need to know this is a dangerous and harmful amendment. With Issue 2, agribusiness interests are attempting to thwart efforts to stop the most inhumane and unacceptable confinement practices on factory farms in Ohio. They have advanced a constitutional amendment that sounds good, but that will do nothing to push ahead needed reforms. Issue 2 requires no change in the way animals are treated, rendering this amendment little more than a public relations stunt designed to give the appearance of regulation in Ohio.

Issue 2 is designed to favor large factory farms that will continue to use cruel and inhumane confinement methods, and that's why the measure is opposed by Ohio's family farmers, environmentalists, and animal advocates. The broad coalition of organizations opposing Issue 2 is growing and now includes the Ohio Farmer's Union, the Ohio Environmental Stewardship Alliance, the Ohio Sierra Club, the Ohio League of Women Voters, The Center for Food Safety, Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association, the Capital Area Humane Society, the Cleveland Animal Protective League, the ASPCA, and The Humane Society of the United States.

In Ohio, tens of millions of egg-laying hens, veal calves, and breeding pigs are confined in crates and cages where they can barely move an inch, many of them unable even turn around or stretch their limbs. Seven other states have passed laws to address this type of extreme confinement, but Ohio is lagging behind. Whether or not Issue 2 passes, the inhumane confinement of Ohio's farm animals will remain unaddressed, and it will take hard work from us in the humane community to reduce the suffering of these millions of animals who can barely move for their entire lives.