Posted October 28, 2014
The Humane
Society of the U.S. (HSUS) has launched a hotline to report cruelty and
neglect, according to a HSUS release available here.
Feedstuffs also published an article available here.
The
hotline will be a “whistleblower reward program” to report abuse on factory
farms, at livestock auctions and in slaughter houses will empower employees at
those facilities who have witnessed cruelty or other unlawful acts.
The HSUS offers a reward of up to $5,000 for information
leading to the arrest and conviction of those who have committed cruelty acts
to farm animals.
HSUS will work with the United Farm Workers to inform
workers at farms, slaughterhouses, and livestock auctions of the hotline
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(1-888-209-7177),
according to Feedstuffs.
“The
hotline was launched after agribusiness interests and their legislative allies
made it virtually impossible to document cruelty on factory farms in a handful
of states. Those states have passed “ag gag” bills, which criminalize
undercover investigations of agricultural facilities.”
For more information on animal welfare, please visit the
National Agricultural Law Center’s website here.
