Twenty million farm animals will soon be free from the cruelest factory farm abuses — and they have you to thank.

Yesterday, Californians voted YES! on Prop 2 — securing the single most important piece of legislation for farm animals in U.S. history. Proposition 2 will mandate a higher standard for the treatment of animals raised for food, a measure that is sure to lead to similar reforms nationwide.

You made this victory happen. Whether you donated to keep our TV ads on the air, spent your nights phone banking for Prop 2, hit the pavement with leaflets, or engaged your friends and family in California — you helped show millions of California voters what Prop 2 would mean for animals and people.

How animals are treated is so important to all of us — and even more important to the animals suffering every day in factory farms. Together, we fought for the humane treatment of animals, and we won. We have changed the lives of so many animals, and we have made history.

The email i got today from the human society -Prop2 stop animal cruelty in California

 

Dear Tammy,

We are down to the wire — and the next seven days will make the difference. As you know, if California voters pass Prop 2 next Tuesday, it will be the greatest victory for farm animals in U.S. history. We can’t afford to relent in this fight, and millions of suffering animals can’t afford it, either.

This is it — the fate of 20 million farm animals rests on what we do together in the next seven days.

If California voters pass Prop 2 next Tuesday, it will be the greatest victory for farm animals in U.S. history.

But we haven’t won yet.

Now is no time to slow down. The Big Agribusiness interests bankrolling the campaign against Prop 2 are spending millions of dollars in this final week, trying to confuse and frighten California voters. They’ll stop at nothing to keep lining their pockets at animals’ expense — so we’ve got to pull out all the stops to ensure that they don’t succeed.

Now is our last chance — we have just 7 days to help end the cruelest treatment of animals living in factory farms.

Your unwavering support has been the backbone of this campaign. But we desperately need your help one last time to increase our volunteer forces on the ground, our phone banking operation, and our TV advertising as we go head-to-head with the factory farm heavyweights.
We can’t afford to relent in this fight, and millions of suffering animals can’t afford it, either. They deserve the freedom to simply stand up, lie down, turn around, and stretch their limbs — which is exactly what Prop 2 would give them.

Seventy percent of our opposition’s funding has come from out-of-state egg-producing factory farms. They’re spending millions in this final week to confuse voters. They’re afraid because they know that a win in California could lead to nationwide reforms in how animals are raised for food.
Please make one last donation today to help us cross the finish line and make history next Tuesday.

Thank you so much for giving your all on behalf of animals at this pivotal moment.

Sincerely,

Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States

P.S. If you want evidence that Prop 2 is making waves nationwide, you need only see this feature story in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine.