Pork Magazine
Ohioans for Humane Farms, an affiliate of the Humane Society of the United States, said it has more than enough signatures to put an animal-housing initiative to state voters in the fall, reports Meatingplace.com. The group is asking voters to support a constitutional amendment that would require new animal housing standards giving egg-laying hens, pregnant sows and veal calves more room to move around in their enclosures.
The Ohio ballot board, on Wednesday, approved wording for a ballot issue designed to regulate the care of livestock in the state. In essence, the livestock amendment would create a bi-partisan board that would be charged with establishing guidelines for the care of livestock. The state’s voters will consider the issue on this November’s ballot.