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Protect The Harvest | Hog Farmers Will Get Their Day in Court
U.S. Supreme Court will review Prop 12, a law that lets California dictate farm practices in every state. By Protect The Harvest Advisory Committee Member Gary Baise The case involving California’s Proposition 12 was distributed for conference eight times in the U.S. Supreme Court! This means there was a lot of opposition to the case.…
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Protect The Harvest | AVMA Opposes Lacey Act Amendments Buried In America Competes Act
Exotic Pets Ensnared in Federal Legislation to Boost U.S. Economy Veterinarians voice concerns about proposed Lacey Act amendment March 15, 2022 – Article by Veterinary Information Network (VIN) Federal legislation designed to boost the U.S. economy by pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into the domestic development of technologies to counter China’s dominance in areas…
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Protect The Harvest | Opinion: Colorado’s top animal-protection officer is not a friend of livestock producers
Will the Agriculture Department have our back? From an opinion piece in the Colorado Sun by Janie VanWinkle Mar 18, 2022 I am a 4th-generation livestock producer in Mesa County. At VanWinkle Ranch, we make our living by stewarding the land and caring for the animals we have responsibility for. There is dignity and honor…
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Protect The Harvest | Protect The Harvest Salutes Our February Friend of the Land
Protect The Harvest congratulates long-time cattle rancher, Huey P. Howard of Florida as our February Friend of the Land. Cattle ranching has a 500-year history in Florida, but for Huey P. Howard, it was difficult to enter into the business back in 1953 as Immokalee was still segregated. No one wanted to sell him any…
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Protect The Harvest | Skewed Studies Used to Advance Extremist Agenda
As the war against animal agriculture rages on, it has become common for wealthy animal and environmental extremists to fund, conduct, and then publicize biased and erroneous studies via complicit media outlets. The skewed results of such studies are nearly always presented to the public as irrefutable facts, but the reality is that these studies…
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Protect The Harvest | Nevada Rancher Fights for His Livelihood
Hank Vogler has deep roots in western ranching and is well-versed in the unique challenges it involves. Over the years, he has been a tireless patriot and an informed, outspoken, and articulate advocate for ranchers. His insightful and provocative writings have appeared in numerous publications. C.J. Hadley, editor and publisher of Range Magazine has referred…
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Protect The Harvest | Alarming Legislation – California Dog and Cat Bill of Rights
Fido and Fluffy Will Have More Rights than Unborn Children if a California Legislator Has His Way Yes, you read that right. On February 8th, 2022, Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D) Los Angeles District 53, proudly introduced AB 1881, “The Dog and Cat Bill of Rights.” Santiago’s bill is sponsored by none other than the very…
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Protect The Harvest | Arizona Genome Project – A Radical Initiative
By Carin Ryan for Protect The Harvest Signatures Being Gathered in Arizona for New Ballot Initiative On March 12, 2021, members of the Citizens of Western Watershed (COWW) Political Action Committee filed a petition to start gathering signatures for a ballot initiative. Their petition drive for signatures, if it makes it to the 2022 General…
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Protect The Harvest | Action Alert – Utah Working Animal and Animal Enterprise Act
Our friends at The Cavalry Group need your voice in support of legislation to Protect Working Animals & Animal Enterprise in Utah CALL TO ACTION Please send your emails supporting HB476 to the Utah Senate Click HERE You do not need to be a Utah Resident to send emails Press Release from The Cavalry Group:…
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Protect The Harvest | Is California’s Dog and Cat Bill of Rights a Trojan Horse?
by Protect The Harvest Advisory Committee Member Michelle C. Pardo On February 8, 2022, California Assemblyman Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) introduced Assembly Bill 1881, referred to as the Dog and Cat Bill of Rights. The purported purpose of the bill is to inform potential adopters of the care needed to create a healthy environment for…