Transcript: SENATOR FEINSTEIN SEEKS TO END SLAUGHTER OF DOWNED ANIMALS, ASKS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO JOIN EFFORT


Capitol Hill Press Releases
11-09-2009
For Immediate Release Senator Feinstein Seeks to End Slaughter of Downed
Animals, Asks Department of Agriculture to Join Effort Contact: Gil Duran
(202) 224-9629 November 9, 2009 Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein
(D-Calif.) today urged the Department of Agriculture to more vigorously
enforce federal laws which outlaw the inhumane treatment and slaughter
of food animals, following the release of yet another video which documented
cases of animal cruelty in slaughterhouses. "It is my belief that the conditions
in these plants reflect a system that accepts brutality, and I call on
you to hold the offenders within the industry, and the Department, ...

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