Another misconceived unnecessary New Jersey bill introduced that would do nothing to protect people or animals

By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on January 25, 2021

Assembly bill No. 5236 was recently introduced in the state assembly that would establish “criminal offenses and civil penalties concerning [allegedly] inhumane confinement of breeding pigs and calves raised for veal.”

This bill was introduced by a legislator in Hudson County, New Jersey, part of the New York City metropolitan area, where Jersey City is…

Correcting the record on livestock standards of care

By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on May 13, 2017

Sometimes it is important to set the record straight.

That is the case here. New Jersey stood at the forefront in the country of establishing humane standards of care for livestock and poultry for the state. In 2003, when the rule was originally proposed, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture explained that they were “adopt[ing]…

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Another misconceived unnecessary New Jersey bill introduced that would do nothing to protect people or animals

Correcting the record on livestock standards of care

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