Save Our Bacon

California and Massachusetts have passed laws that you can’t sell pork in those states if pig growers use gestation crates.  These are crates for the pregnant sows that are so small the pigs can’t even turn around.  They are not given straw to make a bed, and, in my view, are treated in cruel and inhumane manner.

Now the Republican House has passed a bill to override the state laws.  The legislation has been given the cute name of “Save Our Bacon,” but it really is a law to legalize cruelty.  Pigs are incredibly intelligent animals much smarter than horses.  But Big Pork has lobbying power.

Here is another solution.  If you must eat pork, then buy it from local butchers who buy their pigs from local farms that raise pigs in traditional ways.  Or forego pork entirely.  Eat eggs.  You don’t need to kill the chickens to get the eggs.