New Jerseyans overwhelmingly support ban on extreme confinement of pigs
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New Jersey-based and national animal welfare organizations have joined together to urge state legislators to reaffirm their support for a statewide ban on the extreme confinement of breeding pigs in gestation crates—cages roughly the size of pigs’ bodies that are so small, the animals can’t even turn around.

In May, the state legislature overwhelmingly voted to prohibit these inhumane devices. Gov. Christie, under pressure from out-of-state pork interests, vetoed the bill. The coalition has launched a campaign asking legislators to override the veto. The campaign includes a new television commercial from The Humane Society of the United States showing pigs in gestation crates that will run on TV stations across New Jersey.