Humane Treatment of Farm Animals: Overview and Issues

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Animal protection activists in the United States have long sought legislation to modify or curtail some practices considered by U.S. agriculture to be both acceptable and necessary to animal health. Some Members of Congress over the years have offered various bills that would affect animal care on the farm, during transport, or at slaughter. The House and Senate Agriculture Committees from time to time have held hearings on farm animal welfare issues, but their members generally express a preference for voluntary rather than regulatory approaches to humane methods of care. This report briefly provides an overview of the subject.

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Becker, Geoffrey August 22, 2005.

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Animal protection activists in the United States have long sought legislation to
modify or curtail some practices considered by U.S. agriculture to be both acceptable
and necessary to animal health. Some Members of Congress over the years have offered
various bills that would affect animal care on the farm, during transport, or at slaughter.
The House and Senate Agriculture Committees from time to time have held hearings on
farm animal welfare issues, but their members generally express a preference for
voluntary rather than regulatory approaches to humane methods of care. This report briefly provides an overview of the subject.

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Becker, Geoffrey. Humane Treatment of Farm Animals: Overview and Issues, report, August 22, 2005; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs10112/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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