Humane Treatment of Farm Animals: Overview and Issues

Becker, Geoffrey

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Agriculture;    Animals;    Animal rights;    Protection of animals;   

RP-ID  :  RS21978
RP-ID  :  RS21978_2005Aug22

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Animal protection activists in the United States have long sought legislation tomodify or curtail some practices considered by U.S. agriculture to be both acceptableand necessary to animal health. Some Members of Congress over the years have offeredvarious bills that would affect animal care on the farm, during transport, or at slaughter.The House and Senate Agriculture Committees from time to time have held hearings onfarm animal welfare issues, but their members generally express a preference forvoluntary rather than regulatory approaches to humane methods of care. This report briefly provides an overview of the subject.