Here's more on the law to stop animal abuse filming. This may be targeted towards farm animals (who desperately need our protection too) but what's next? Fur farms? Big ferret breeders? It should not be a crime to expose animal cruelty! From the Huffington Post: "Animal welfare groups reacted with outrage Wednesday after the Iowa Legislature made the state the first to approve a bill making it a crime to surreptitiously get into a farming operation to record video of animal abuse. The groups have urged Gov. Terry Branstad to veto the measure that was overwhelmingly approved Tuesday by the Iowa House and Senate, arguing that the measure would prevent people from publicizing animal abuse. Sen. Joe Seng, a Davenport Democrat and veterinarian who sponsored the bill, said the measure strikes a balance by discouraging animal activists from sneaking into livestock facilities but not prohibiting someone who legitimately works there from reporting animal abuse. "I feel that we did something that was needed. It more than anything sends a message," Seng said. "But I didn't think it was real egregious to the animal welfare people." He said the livestock industry has legitimate concerns about unauthorized people infiltrating their facilities because they could track in disease or let mice or other unwanted vermin into farm buildings." HUH??? "Unwanted vermin"? Exactly "who" is or what is the "unwanted vermin"? Nancy in OR [Posted in FML 7356]