Maine Gov. John Baldacci signed into law on May 13 legislation banning gestation crates and veal crates with effect from January 1, 2011. The bill was sponsored by the chair of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry Committee and it passed the committee and both chambers unanimously. The Humane Society of the United States championed the legislation. By the way, Gov. Baldacci also signed into law recently legislation approving same-sex marriage, which made Maine the sixth state to approve it either through the courts or the state legislature. Opponents of same-sex marriage, however, have begun to collect signatures for a state ballot in 2010 to overturn it.
Grumpy From Birth But Vegan Since 1976
Welcome to Grumpy Vegan
- Kim Stallwood is an independent scholar and author on animal rights. His forthcoming book, Animal Dharma, explores what it means to care deeply about animals. Starting in 1976, he has held leadership positions with some of the world’s foremost organisations in the UK and US, including CIWF, BUAV, PETA, The Animals’ Agenda, Animals and Society Institute and Minding Animals International. A vegetarian since 1974 when as a student he worked in a chicken slaughterhouse. A vegan since 1976. His evil twin is the Grumpy Vegan.
