A push for more space for America’s farm animals is thwarted
Lobbying and litigation frustrate efforts to improve conditions for chickens, pigs and calves
Meat production in America can be a controversial topic. The country has one of the highest meat-consumption rates per person in the world. For many the availability of cheap ribs, steaks and bacon is almost a basic right. But unease over the cramped conditions of many farm animals has grown. A legal row in Massachusetts shows the deep difficulty of reform.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “If pigs could fly”
United States August 20th 2022
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- In New York, once-friendly neighbours now battle it out
- A new ranked-choice voting system hampers Sarah Palin’s hopes
- America’s government is buying vulnerable homes amid rising flood risk
- A push for more space for America’s farm animals is thwarted
- America tussles over a newly fashionable constitutional theory
- Democrats are wrong to give up on rural America
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