A 9th Circuit court three-judge panel ruled today/Thursday in favor of upholding a historic initiative that bans the heinous confinement of hens, mother pigs, and baby veal calves in cages so small that the animals can barely move and prevents the sale of products from such cruel confinement within the state.
The Humane Society of the United States led the campaign for Proposition 12 in California in 2018 and it passed by 63% of the vote.
The court decision today upheld a judge’s ruling last November that rejected an attempt from the North American Meat Institute to stop the law from going into effect.
