Here’s a list of members of The Congressional Friends of Animals Caucus members.  I’m posting it, because it’s hard to find on the Internet.

If your Representative isn’t listed, please ask him/her to join this bipartisan caucus.

And here’s a site where you can see what kind of voting record your legislator has for animal protection legislation.

If your Representative has a bad score, please be sure to contact him/her whenever any animal protection legislation is coming up. HSUS’ and Farm Sanctuary’s sites both list local and national animal-related bills. And Best Friends has a good article with a link, about a new farm animal protection bill that apparently is currently with the Ag Committee. I’m sure it will be amended beyond recognition before it ever comes up for a vote, and wonder if there isn’t a conflict of interest leaving these kinds of issues up to the discretion of the Ag Committee.

See “Farm Animals Anti-Cruelty Act Congressional Hearing/Briefing Update” and the current text of H.R. 6202: Farm Animals Anti-Cruelty Act.

This should be upheld whenever an undercover investigation brings to light the unnecessary abuse (every time — not just random, isolated cases). And even without undercover investigations, the USDA or someone who could be appointed by every factory farm and slaughter house should report any abuse that they see. (Like the foxes guarding the hen house.) Wow. If abusers were actually subjected to such fines (the companies would probably have to pay, since the workers couldn’t), the meat industry would go broke. And if abuse would be found to be an every day occurrance, the government should stop subsidizing the industry.

Tags: Congressional Friends of Animals Caucus, humane score card

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