Familias multiespecie: ¿Una nueva realidad?
We blogged most recently on December 27, 2018, about several states’ challenges in the Supreme Court to animal welfare laws enacted by both California and Massachusetts. The states sought permission to file suit in the...more
We had previously blogged, most recently on December 27, 2018, about the constitutional challenge to California’s ban on the sale of foie gras produced by traditional force-feeding of poultry....more
On December 19, 2017 and June 9, 2018, we blogged about the challenges 13 states had launched against California’s minimum space requirements for egg-laying hens. They also challenged a similar law in Massachusetts. ...more
On May 29, 2018, we blogged about the Supreme Court challenge to California’s ban on traditional foie gras. Our prediction that the Court would seek the advice of the Solicitor General on whether to grant the petition has...more
Foie gras is based on the livers of geese and ducks. The traditional method of obtaining it is gavage, force-feeding poultry through a tube in their esophagi to enlarge the liver. In 2004, California passed legislation...more