Factory Farmers Invoke “Biosecurity” to Pressure Lawmakers to Curb Undercover Investigations
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Brian Ahmed, an egg farmer in Australia, is claiming that activists put the lives of his hens at risk when they enter his farms. “We need tougher laws that actually penalise those who illegally enter farms and jeopardise the health of our livestock.”
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Mr. Ahmed fails to explain how people entering his farm jeopardizes the health of his hens, but he must know that invoking “biosecurity” could help him garner support from unsuspecting lawmakers and from the public, which is largely unfamiliar with factory farms. Photos and videos speak a thousand words, which make undercover investigations the best tool available to educate the public about the horrors of factory farming.
Filed under: Food, Investigations
Tagged with: ag gag, biosecurity, factory farming, hens
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