Tennessee Governor Will Veto "Ag-Gag" Bill
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The Ag-Gag bill was another lame excuse by BIG agriculture businesses to abuse animals, in imaginable ways, and get away with it by not allowing legal means of prosecution & having their legal means to cover up their crimes. What gall. It was the sadist dream bill & completely wrong for civilized society. ****************************************************************** Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam announced today that he intends to veto a bill that would require photos or video of animal abuse be turned it in to law enforcement within 48 hours or the photographer can be fined up to $500. The bill HB 1191/SB 1248 passed the General Assembly this session and would go into effect July 1st if Haslam signed it into law. Instead, Haslam is so concerned that the law would make it more difficult to prosecute genuine animal abuse cases, which of course is what it's intended to do, that he's decided to veto the measure. Haslam's decision is also influenced by the Tennessee's attorney general's office who called the bill "Constitutionally suspect". “Agriculture is the No. 1 industry in Tennessee. Farmers play a vital role in our state’s economy, heritage and history. I understand their concerns about large scale attacks on their livelihoods. I also appreciate that the types of recordings this bill targets may be obtained at times under false pretenses, which I think is wrong,” Haslam said. Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2013/05/tennessee-governor-will-veto-ag-gag-bill.html http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=276787 |
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