Escobar Introduces Landmark Federal Legislation to Ban Extreme Confinement of Pigs in Gestation Crates
May 03, 2023
May 03, 2023
BETHESDA, Maryland, May 3 (TNSgov) -- The Center for a Humane Economy issued the following news release on May 2, 2023:
Animal welfare groups and farmers applauded the introduction of the Pigs in Gestation Stalls (PIGS) Act, H.R. 2939, to ban the extreme confinement of mother pigs in gestation crates. That bill was introduced by Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas. Reps. Nanette Barragan, D-Calif., Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C., and Joe Neguse, D-Colo., are original cosponsors.
Animal welfare groups and farmers applauded the introduction of the Pigs in Gestation Stalls (PIGS) Act, H.R. 2939, to ban the extreme confinement of mother pigs in gestation crates. That bill was introduced by Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas. Reps. Nanette Barragan, D-Calif., Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C., and Joe Neguse, D-Colo., are original cosponsors.