Emma's Story: The Truth Behind Prop 2
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0:03 - 0:04In 2008 California celebrated
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0:04 - 0:06the passage of proposition 2,
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0:07 - 0:08which promised a cage-free future
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0:08 - 0:10for animals in farms.
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0:12 - 0:14But prop 2's promise of a humane
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0:14 - 0:17future for animals has been broken.
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0:19 - 0:21DxE uncovered shocking animal abuse,
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0:21 - 0:23filthy conditions and a complete failure
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0:23 - 0:25by state authorities to protect
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0:25 - 0:27defenseless animals from confinement
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0:27 - 0:28and cruelty.
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0:29 - 0:32JS West, which sells eggs at Safeway
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0:32 - 0:34and Trader Joe's, was certified as humane.
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0:35 - 0:37But DxE investigators at JS West
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0:37 - 0:39found birds confined so tightly
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0:39 - 0:42that they were piled on top of one another,
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0:42 - 0:44covered with grotesque tumors,
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0:44 - 0:46laying in their own filth,
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0:46 - 0:49and diseased and dying throughout
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0:49 - 0:51the farm, which in 2010 was part
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0:51 - 0:53of a salmonella recall that sickened
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0:53 - 0:55thousands of Americans.
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0:56 - 0:58Documents uncovered by DxE
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0:58 - 1:00show that California officials knew of
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1:00 - 1:03Prop 2 violations by multiple egg suppliers
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1:03 - 1:04yet there has not been a single
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1:04 - 1:07enforcement action in Prop 2's history.
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1:10 - 1:13Emma is a victim of this violent system.
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1:13 - 1:16She was just a baby, sick and starving
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1:16 - 1:18on the floor of a cage.
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1:18 - 1:20She was weak, too weak to even stand.
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1:21 - 1:23She was as good as dead.
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1:25 - 1:27But then DxE found her.
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1:28 - 1:30We rescued Emma from that cage.
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1:32 - 1:34We fed her and gave her water.
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1:35 - 1:37We cleaned up the diarrhea that she
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1:37 - 1:39had been forced to sit in for days.
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1:40 - 1:42We gave her medication to recover.
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1:43 - 1:45We kept her warm and gave her shelter.
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1:47 - 1:49We built a harness so she could try to stand.
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1:51 - 1:52And then, all we could do was pray.
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1:53 - 1:55And a miracle happened.
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1:55 - 1:56Emma got better.
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1:56 - 2:00She re-learned to walk and scratch and stand.
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2:01 - 2:04She saw the bright blue sky for the first time in her life.
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2:04 - 2:07She felt freedom and made friends.
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2:08 - 2:11But so many others are suffering.
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2:12 - 2:14To save them, we need to see the truth.
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2:15 - 2:18That there is no humane way to use animals.
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2:18 - 2:20Because the animals of this earth,
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2:20 - 2:22they're not things.
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2:23 - 2:25Emma is depending on us.
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2:27 - 2:29She needs your help.
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2:29 - 2:31And she can't wait any longer.
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2:33 - 2:37The time is now for change.
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2:38 - 2:40Join the global movement for animals.
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2:41 - 2:43Help us challenge the humane lie.
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2:45 - 2:47And fight for a world where every animal
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2:47 - 2:49is safe, happy and free.
- Title:
- Emma's Story: The Truth Behind Prop 2
- Description:
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BREAKING: DxE exposes the shocking truth behind “humane” eggs at Trader Joe's and a massive coverup by the state of California.
Watch Emma’s miraculous rescue, and TAKE ACTION: http://prop2truth.com
- Video Language:
- English
- Duration:
- 02:52
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Kitty Jones edited English subtitles for Emma's Story: The Truth Behind Prop 2 |