Kansas Ag-Gag Law Struck Down

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Kansas' Ag-Gag Law was struck down for violating the 'First Amendment" after a 2018 lawsuit from environmentalists, food safety advocacy groups, and animal welfare activists challenged the law. In the ruling, it was stated that Kansas may not legislate speech in order to silence views and that videos & undercover investigations of slaughterhouses / factory farms remained a matter of public concern.

Ag-gag laws are much more than a violation of someone's first amendment rights, they're an admission of guilt and a shield to prevent their negligence and cruelty from being exposed to their consumers. There's no other reason why the animal ag industry would so desperately want to make it illegal to expose their operations unless they were allowing unnecessary cruelty to take place. We've seen the vids; animals being kicked, choked, stepped on, or thrown; all outside of the supposedly "humane" operations that take place. Ag-Gag laws are designed to shield us from witnessing these extra-curricular activities.

We must stop protecting the animal agriculture industry at the expense of living, breathing, feeling animals. While they are simply part of a gruesome system, they are still deserving of empathy and respect and should not be abused prior to being slaughtered. If these facilities are not participating in these atrocities, they should have absolutely no problem with allowing activists inside, but that's exactly why Ag-Gag laws exist. I've reported on animal cruelty for over 7 years now and regardless whether we're looking at pig, chicken, or cow factory farms, the documented abuse is rampant with all of them. Ag-gag laws prevent consumers from being informed on what exactly happens behind those walls leading up to that meat ending up in the grocery store.

The factory farming industry is under repeated attack whether by environmentalists, conservationists, or animal welfare activists. Instead of working to tackle the cruelty happening in this industry, they'd rather block us from ever seeing or documenting it. This in itself is enough of a reason to question your meat consumption, isn't it? I would never buy a new car from a business that no online presence, no reviews, perhaps a shady salesman...so why would anyone buy meat from a company that refuses to let you see how "humane" their operations are? It couldn't be more blatantly obvious that the factory farming industry is acknowledging their continued allowance of animal cruelty. 

Ag-Gag laws are disgusting and they should be struck down everywhere. Stop trying to prevent the exposure of abuse and do something to tackle the problems within the industry. We need to stop pandering to the factory farming industry and start holding them to task on industry-set welfare standards. If we don't, that wonderful "steak" on your plate will continue to come with a horrific backstory; one of being tortured, abused, and neglected right up until the minute their sad life is ended in an instant.

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