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Rhode Island : It’s time to give farm animals room to move!

Farm animals all across the country are subjected to intensive confinement and crowded together so tightly that they can barely move. H 6133, introduced by Rep. Rodney Driver, would require that calves raised for veal, breeding pigs and egg-laying hens in Rhode Island be given the ability to stretch their limbs, lie down comfortably and turn around. If passed, H 6133 would put an end to the following confinement practices:

Gestation Crates
The majority of sows bred to provide piglets for the pork industry spend most of their lives inside gestation crates, 2-foot-wide metal enclosures that severely restrict the animals' movement and thwart their natural behaviors. Find out more about the plight of pigs on factory farms.

Battery Cages
Egg-laying hens are typically crowded together into tiny cages, where each bird is given an area smaller than an 8½-by-11-inch sheet of paper on which to live. The hens can barely move and cannot walk or even stretch their wings. Find out more about the plight of egg-laying hens in battery cages.

Veal Crates
Crated veal calves are normally confined inside 2-foot-wide enclosures for their entire lives. Usually chained by their necks to the front of their stalls, these animals cannot even turn around, stretch their limbs or lie down comfortably. Find out more about the plight of calves on veal farms.  

You Can Help:
Industrial farm lobbyists are going to use every tactic and trick they know to prevent this reform from passing. Make sure that your state representative hears from you today! Send a quick and easy e-mail. Remember to personalize the letter with your own words to have more impact.

After you send your e-mail and identify your state representative, follow up with a phone call simply stating your support for H 6133.

Get more tips on how to communicate with your representative. When you contact your legislators, share any feedback you get from them so that we can lobby most effectively for the animals.