Urgent: Stop the EATS Act

UPDATE (9/10/23): Representatives in the United States Senate are fighting to stop the EATS Act. A bipartisan group of 30 United States Senators recently sent a bipartisan letter sent to the Senate Agricultural Committee opposing the inclusion of the “Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act” in the 2023 Farm Bill. The letter explains that the bill “would harm America’s small farmers and infringe on the fundamental rights of states to establish laws and regulations within their own borders” read their letter here.

A sinister and dangerous threat is looming over our nation's animals, and we need your voice to fight back! The EATS Act has recently been introduced in Congress, putting animals at risk across the country. We can't let this happen!

The "Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression" (EATS) Act (H.R. 4417 / S. 2019) is a heartless assault on animal welfare. If it passes, it will trample on states' rights, preventing them from banning products on cruelty grounds. This means waving goodbye to individual states' power to protect animals and enforce better laws and regulations for agricultural practices including farmed animal welfare standards. 

This isn't just an attack on laws; it's an attack on compassion and progress. Imagine the suffering: intelligent pigs, graceful chickens, and innocent baby cows forced back into hellish, extreme confinement cages, unable to even turn around. It's a nightmare we thought we'd left behind.

But that's not all. This cruel act threatens laws that shield dogs from puppy mill horrors, laws that spare animals from cruel testing, and even policies that safeguard the environment. It's a reckless race to the bottom, compromising animal welfare, food safety, and environmental protection.

This law is so awful it feels like it could be a villain's plot in a cartoon. Yet, this is a real threat that endangers all we've fought for. We can't stand by and let this happen.

Join Species Unite and raise your voice against this injustice - tell Congress loud and clear to reject the EATS Act!

SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE CRUELTY:

Further action:

Please also consider reaching out to your members of congress. You can use this link to find your state representatives. Simply type in your zip code and your state representatives will appear, under each person’s photo there will be a contact link. This will take you to their individual contact page where you can fill out an online form asking them to oppose (H.R. 4417 / S. 2019).

You can send a note as simple as:

Dear Representative [insert Name],

I am your constituent, and I am writing to urge you to oppose H.R. 4417 / S. 2019, the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act. This bill is an example of extreme overreach which violates the rights of individual states to make their own laws. This bill is designed to circumvent democratically enacted laws to protect animals such as California’s prop 12 which was upheld by the Supreme Court, and it would erase hundreds of protections for animals from the worst forms of cruelty such as the extreme confinement of farmed animals, the abuse of dogs in puppy mills, and the torture of animals in testing laboratories. This law is an affront to democracy and morally bankrupt. Please do the right thing, respect states’ rights, and say no to H.R. 4417 / S. 2019.

Sincerely,