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Article: SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEWS WELFARE OF ANIMALS IN AGRICULTURE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 8, 2007
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The House Agriculture Committee issued the following news release:
Today, Rep. Leonard Boswell, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, held a hearing to discuss the welfare of animals in agriculture.
The subcommittee heard testimony from various representatives from animal health groups, the animal agriculture industry and animal welfare organizations about the status of animal welfare in American agriculture, steps that animal agriculture producers have implemented to improve animal welfare, and new proposals related to these issues.
"The Committee gained insight not only on the issues facing animal welfare but also the solutions that ...