This OH video made me SICK and this guy DID NOT get what he deserved, I wish men in prision could see this video and everything he did to these animals should have been done to him VERY SLOWLY! He is a sick, and I will NOT call him a man; he is a sick sick jerk!

This is great! Please also help the Abaco Spanish Mustangs of the Bahamas and here in the US. Please help save these amazing endangered horses. Only 5 Abaco Mustangs are left in the world!

Hi All,
I just wanted to give you an update. This initiative will not be on the ballot because the Ohio governor agreed to the terms! This is an amazing step towards not only awareness about the food animal industry but also towards much more humane practices for these animals.
Also, on a side note....ELLEN.....YOU ATE AN ALTOID ON THE SHOW TODAY WITH COLIN FERRELL AND THEY ARE NOT VEGAN!! THEY HAVE GELATIN IN THEM. JUST THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW!
Peace,
Cindy

Hsus did not try to negotiate , they came in and said this is the way we want it and if you don't we will put it on the ballot. The State of Ohio does not need a emotion based group telling them what to do. The reality of this is that this will destroy animal farmers in Ohio, but the hsus plays dumb when asked about it,do we need a group like the hsus trying to tells us what to do, i think not!

Last fall, Ohioans voted to establish the Ohio Livestock Care Board. HSUS lobbied AGAINST establishment of this board that would monitor and regulate farm animal treatment in Ohio. HSUS wanted more say in the opeation of Ohio farms than Ohioans. HSUS immediately started their new ballot initiative to introduce more restrictive laws before the Livestock Care Board even began their work.

This board includes veteranarians, members of local humane societies, farmers, consumers, and eeducators. Why not give them a chance to do their job and then, if they are not effective look into more restrictive measures?

Most Ohio farms are family farms. They care about their animals and treat them humanely.
Ohioans decided how they would like to regulate livestock, please give them a chance to make it work!

I hate to say it but I'm a meat eater. I can't go a day without eating a good protein meat. I tried to go Vegan but seeing how I hunt and Fish I can't stop eating meat. It's not farm animals that have cruelty it's the slaughterhouses that they go to. If y'all could help out with telling everyone about the in-humanity that goes on in the Canada and Mexico to stop horse slaughter that would be great. Slaughterhouses just need to have a FDA Person watching over what the slaughters do. That's what America needs in it's Slaughterhouses and in Mexico's and Canada's as well.

Thank you, Ellen!! I am a vegan like you and share your love and compassion for animals:) thank you for being the change you wish to see in the world and for using your position to better the world!

Thank you so much for endorsing this ballot measure! Your are an inspiration.

I am so inspired by the people who really care about animals. THANK YOU, ELLEN!!
IMPORTANT: HUMANEWATCH.ORG IS funded by Rick Berman's LOBBYING company; THEY ARE THE TRUE LOBBYISTS. Please research this before you ignorantly believe everything that it has to say. He also runs sites to defame MADD, American Cancer Society, Union for Concerned Scientists, etc. It is quite hypocritical to assert that this website is "true" while HSUS's is not. They are being paid by factory farm agribusiness to defame HSUS, just as tobacco paid them to say that the health threats of smoking were nothing to worry about.
And to all of you who say that farmers don't abuse their animals, cutting off an animal's beak (especially without anesthesia), castrating male pigs and cutting their teeth (both also without anesthesia) is abuse. Find a factory farm that will allow unannounced visitors. There are some great family farmers, but factory farms do NOT folow their examples. These care standards in the amendment SUPPORT HUMANE FACTORY FARMERS. PLEASE OPEN YOUR EYES; DO NOT BELIEVE "HUMANEWATCH;" Rick Berman has around 15 defamation companies and holds 16 total positions, one in each of them. You must understand that he is a lobbyist being paid to defame NGOS.

And, honestly, if factory farmers are allowed to lobby, why shouldn't HSUS and any other NGO be allowed to lobby? Most NGOs do; it's a checks-and-balances system, the corporation asks for something crazy of the government (involves taxpayer funds) and an NGO balances it by saying that, no, that is what the corporation wants and not what the people want. Would you have an issue with an environmental group helping to clean up the gulf lobbying against oil companies, who spend more money than most people can even comprehend on lobbying?

And HSUS does not want everyone to become vegan; they just want proper animal care standards. Veganism is a choice as to what to consume--agribusiness wants everyone to be meat eaters, so, once again, certain posters are hypocrites; you can eat what you want but you must be aware of the processes by which that food is produced.

I think that over time people become conditioned. Recently I have seen several things and learned quite a bit. I did not realize the treatment of the cows, the living conditions, the fact that calves are removed from their mother etc. I am not Vegan, simply a consumer. After learning what I have I have not consumed any meat.I also just purchased my milk from a local health store where I was guaranteed the care of the animals and told I was welcome to drop in on them any time.To you who say its ok,that is your choice, but as a consumer I have made mine. Factory farms need to go, I would rather have many small family farms and pay a little more. As for Veal,it will never touch my lips and the fact that a calf is removed from its mother is inexcusable