Dairy industry lobbyists were authors of Idaho’s gag law that criminalizes photographing dairy industry abuse of animals
‘Lots of Americans probably wish they had the power to write their own laws, but few do. Instead, such tasks are left to our elected officials and the monied special interests that control them.
As reported by The Intercept, state legislatures around the country are responding to whistleblowers and activists who are exposing abhorrent and often unsanitary practices at farms by implementing laws that actually criminalize the act of whistleblowing. They accomplish this by making taking photos and videos at agricultural facilities illegal and punishable by fines and jail time.’
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