Animal "Rights" Legislation Would Make Eggs a Luxury Food.

[Carolyn Bailey]

Animal Rights Legislation Would Make Eggs a Luxury Food

"Who when eating eggs remembers that animals must die for it?" - Heinzpeter Studer, p. 44.

 

The author of this article is the president and co-founder of The Cavalry Group, an organisation which works hard to fight against what they mistakenly refer to as "the radical animal rights movement". She continually refers to the HSUS as a "radical animal rights group", and doesn't mention the interests of hens in this article at all. Other than this shocking statement: "HSUS' goal is to provide relief to chickens, not provide food for humans." (Go figure!) 

What do you think of this article, and why do you think mainstream media continue to refer to groups like the HSUS, Animals Australia, and even the RSPCA as "radical animal rights groups"? Do you think the "enriched" battery cages are a step toward recognising that hens are not the type of individuals who should be commodified at all? 

 

The difference in size between barren battery cages and "enriched" battery cages.The inner size of this frame is the size of barren battery cages. Add 1 cm of the frame and you have an "enriched" battery cage. 
(The model inside the frame is Libby - an ex-cage hen now living in Paradise along with 10 other ex-hens)

Photo Credit: Herdis Daugbjerg

 

 

One day soon, America could wake up to a dozen eggs costing $8 or more.  And unless you are involved in some aspect of farming or agriculture, you would never know that egg prices are about to skyrocket or the reason why.  With food prices already increasing due to high grain and fuel costs, extraneous so-called animal welfare regulations are being imposed on U.S.food producers, large and small, by the animal rights powerhouse known as the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).

With HSUS' vegan animal rights platform as the motivations behind crafting a controversial egg bill, S. 3239 was introduced in the U.S. Senate on Friday, May 25, 2012, inching U.S. egg producers closer to a mandate which would require them to phase out conventional cages for egg-laying hens and transition to a system called "enriched colony cages" by 2029, at a cost to U.S. egg producers ranging between $4 billion to $10 billion.

And while most Americans shrug their shoulders and live their lives, they are completely unaware of how this regulation will affect the cost of food and its availability in the future.  The current egg shortage in the U.K. should be a jolting wake-up call for Americans, illustrating that the onerous animal welfare regulations which have phased out conventional cages there have caused egg prices to quadruple, while diminishing egg supply to a "crisis" level.  This is a glimpse of what's coming to America if HSUS' egg bill becomes law.

Instead of improving productivity for the American egg industry and supporting our farmers and ranchers, these imposed regulations will incrementally squeeze egg producers out of business.  Fewer egg farmers means fewer eggs.  Fewer eggs mean higher prices for the consumer, and importing more of our food from other countries where neither animal welfare nor food safety is top priority.

While these regulations may seem reasonable on the surface, the agenda behind them lies within the organization pushing these cleverly crafted laws, cloaked in a disguise of emotional propaganda used to advance these proposed regulations into law.  HSUS is an organization that makes no bones about its mission to push anti-animal agriculture regulations, or any stiff regulatory reform on American farmers and ranchers.  Just consider the goal of HSUS' lead policy director and vegan activist, J.P. Goodwin, who has gone on record by saying, "My goal is the abolition of all animal agriculture."    

HSUS' goal is to provide relief to chickens, not provide food for humans.  Will enriched cage systems truly satisfy the vegan animal rights organization which has repeatedly wielded its bully tactics to gain a hold on animal agriculture?  My prediction is no.  After all, the ultimate goal of HSUS is about empty cages, not bigger cages. 

At a time when jobs are scarce, and the looming possibility that affordable food may become more difficult to come by, now is not the time to stand by and allow an anti-egg-consuming animal rights organization to righteously dictate the future of U.S. egg producers and the future of our domestic food supply.  Years ago, as an observation of foreign oppression, Henry Kissenger once said,  "If you control the food supply, you control the people."  Today, Americans are facing food tyranny on our own shores, which must be stopped.  I implore everyone to contact his or her U.S. representative and senator and urge them to vote no on this rotten egg bill, S. 3239, and its identical counterpart in the House, H.R. 3798. 

Mindy Patterson is president and co-founder of The Cavalry Group, an organization working to fight against the radical animal rights movement which threatens American farming and ranching cultures, animal ownership, and private property rights. www.thecavalrygroup.com

 

 

 

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[Billy L]

"why do you think mainstream media continue to refer to groups like the HSUS, Animals Australia, and even the RSPCA as "radical animal rights groups"?"

Theater. "Controversial" action to "help" animals. It's widely accepted I think, that no change is required of anyone by these "radicals", a few dollars in the post every year, some free return address labels, and you've done your part for the animals. It's show business. Big business. 

[Kerry Baker]

I think it's interesting they have chosen the name 'Calvary" which has strong religious connotations. Jesus on the cross and so on.  Are they positioning themselves as good against evil?  Given the religious right fervour in the US it may be that animal rights is aligned to this by these fundamentalist groups. 

[Kath Worsfold]

Definition of CAVALRY

1a : an army component mounted on horseback

1b : an army component moving in motor vehicles or helicopters and assigned to combat missions that require great mobility

 

It's not "Calvary" - Jesus on the cross - it's "cavalry" - referring to military troops. Spelled differently. Quite appropriate, really. She has her gun sights on Vegans, and she's out to get us.

[Kerry Baker]

Thanks Kath.  My brain snap (-:  And yes 'cavalry' is more appropriate to what they are doing.