Source: Brad Haire, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 12/27/17


The debate started almost a decade ago and now appears headed to the highest court in the land. Though the case may seem trivial to some, it is not to others. In 2008, California voters by a relatively strong margin approved Proposition 2, which led to what now is the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act. The act in part prohibits the confinement of certain farm animals in a manner that does not allow them to turn around freely, lie down, stand or fully extend their limbs. 

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