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Iowa
legislation has passed a bill, House File (H.F.) 589, which would prevent
private citizens from documenting (filming or photographing) a farm without the
farmer’s consent.
The bill supported by the big agricultural concerns is aimed
at preventing undercover work that would expose animal abuses in the factory-farming
industry. The idea is to keep consumers from knowing abuses taking place in the
industry. In the past such exposure by animal rights activists has led to
conviction for abuse or neglect of factory-farmed animals.
This bill is designed to create a firewall around factory
farming so that their cruel business practices cannot be brought to consumers’
attention.
In a way it is similar to the tactic used by the police and
the government official to suppress “Occupy Wall Street Movement” where the
protestors are being charged with a criminal act for video taping police
without permission from the law enforcement.
The Iowa bill
is waiting to be signed by the Governor Terry Branstad. If someone wants to
urge the governor to veto H.F. 589, he can be contacted by clicking
here.
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Reference
PETA:
Animal Abuse Will Be Illegal to Film in Iowa
