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Australia says NO to National Ag-gag!

Australia says NO to National Ag-gag!

 

Australia says NO to National Ag-gag!

Attempts to change Australia’s NATIONAL Criminal Code to punish activists who expose animal cruelty, rather than the mega-animal industries responsible for the cruelty itself, has just lapsed in dissolution – i.e. it’s dead!

We are incredibly grateful to YOU. Thousands of In Defense of Animals supporters flooded Australia’s lawmakers to speak out on behalf of animals. We also thank Senator Lee Rhiannon for representing our international voice in Parliament.

The term “ag-gag” describes a variety of laws which seek to block or “gag” animal advocates who expose abuse. Shockingly, ag-gag laws have been implemented in a number of states across the U.S., and in one state of Australia (New South Wales). The precise details of the legislation vary from state to state, but the effect is always the same: to deter activists and journalists from documenting and revealing the treatment of animals on factory farms, and to obscure the truth about where our “food” comes from.

Every day, more people realize that the horror endured by animals on farms is the every-single-day norm, not the exception. This is why the meat industry is doggedly pushing legislators to pass ag-gag laws, and punish activists who speak out.

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Although one state in Australia has been “gagged”, at least for now, the national threat is over. We will remain poised for any new attempts to pass horrendous ag-gag bills that threaten animal and consumer rights around the world.

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