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‘Boycott Iowa:’ Latest Twist in Legal Tussle Between Animal Campaigners and U.S. Farmers

US governor has signed off legislation to prop up controversial “ag-gag” laws in Iowa, just months after a federal court declared them unconstitutional. In retaliation, animal rights activists are calling on their supporters to boycott the state as a vacation destination. 

March 16, 2019 | Source: The Guardian | by Erin McCormick

Twenty-five states have attempted to introduce legislation to chill animal rights activism, and six have succeeded, as a string of ‘ag-gag’ laws are overturned in courts

US governor has signed off legislation to prop up controversial “ag-gag” laws in Iowa, just months after a federal court declared them unconstitutional.

In retaliation, animal rights activists are calling on their supporters to boycott the state as a vacation destination. 

The legislation, which will make it illegal to use “deception” to gain access to an agricultural facility, was signed by Governor Kim Reynolds on Thursday, in a case that is being watched as yet another step in a long-running battle between consumers, activists, and farmers.

The oldest example of these laws, designed to criminalise undercover investigations into agricultural activities, dates back to 1991. But the issue really came to a head around 2010, when mobile phone cameras became ubiquitous and it seemed that armies of undercover investigators were heading into industrial agricultural facilities to document conditions.