Articles by Richard A. Oppel Jr.

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Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime
Richard A. Oppel Jr. – The New York Times, 15 Apr 2013

Several states have placed restrictions on undercover investigations into cruelty. On one covert video, farm workers illegally burn the ankles of Tennessee walking horses with chemicals. Another captures workers in Wyoming punching and kicking pigs and flinging piglets into the air. Now “The Animal and Ecological Terrorism Act” prohibits filming or taking pictures on livestock farms to “defame the facility or its owner.” Violators would be placed on a “terrorist registry.”

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