[Vision2020] Otter Signs Ag-Gag Bill

[Saundra Lund]

Just when I think Idaho can't possibly slide any further into GOP insanity,
I'm proved wrong:
http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/Ag-Gag-Bill-Idaho-Law-Governor-Butch-Otter-D
airy-247886431.html

This is beyond disgusting -- although not surprising -- that in Idaho, being
a whistleblower is a bigger crime than tormenting and torturing sentient
beings.  And if you think this kind of despicable treatment of "farm"
animals is rare in Idaho, you couldn't be more wrong.  And, if you think
this kind of abuse doesn't happen right here in Latah County, you're living
in la-la land.

Good job, Otter & you damn GOP lunatics.  We'll now make it a point to make
absolutely certain none of the meat or dairy products we purchase come from
Idaho animals since you've decided to AGAIN condone animal abuse to protect
agribuisness.  The Idaho GOP has just done perhaps one of the smartest
things possible to kill sustainability because the little guys will pay a
bigger price than the factory farms when people like me stop buying animal
product in a state that values the almighty dollar over protecting farm
animals from rampant abuse.  It's too bad those invested in sustainability
didn't do a better job of speaking out against the ag-gag bill -- I was
quite disappointed that while there has been some effective advocacy against
GMOs, for raw milk, and in other issues, there seemed to be very little (if
any) in-state organized opposition to the ag-gag bill.  At least, according
to the news articles I read.  Pity.



Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID

I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to
protection by man from cruelty of man.
~ Mahatma Ghandi