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Emma's Story: The Truth Behind Prop 2

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    In 2008 California celebrated
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    the passage of proposition 2,
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    which promised a cage-free future
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    for animals in farms.
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    But prop 2's promise of a humane
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    future for animals has been broken.
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    DxE uncovered shocking animal abuse,
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    filthy conditions and a complete failure
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    by state authorities to protect
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    defenseless animals from confinement
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    and cruelty.
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    JS West, which sells eggs at Safeway
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    and Trader Joe's, was certified as humane.
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    But DxE investigators at JS West
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    found birds confined so tightly
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    that they were piled on top of one another,
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    covered with grotesque tumors,
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    laying in their own filth,
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    and diseased and dying throughout
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    the farm, which in 2010 was part
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    of a salmonella recall that sickened
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    thousands of Americans.
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    Documents uncovered by DxE
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    show that California officials knew of
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    Prop 2 violations by multiple egg suppliers
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    yet there has not been a single
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    enforcement action in Prop 2's history.
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    Emma is a victim of this violent system.
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    She was just a baby, sick and starving
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    on the floor of a cage.
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    She was weak, too weak to even stand.
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    She was as good as dead.
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    But then DxE found her.
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    We rescued Emma from that cage.
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    We fed her and gave her water.
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    We cleaned up the diarrhea that she
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    had been forced to sit in for days.
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    We gave her medication to recover.
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    We kept her warm and gave her shelter.
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    We built a harness so she could try to stand.
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    And then, all we could do was pray.
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    And a miracle happened.
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    Emma got better.
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    She re-learned to walk and scratch and stand.
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    She saw the bright blue sky for the first time in her life.
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    She felt freedom and made friends.
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    But so many others are suffering.
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    To save them, we need to see the truth.
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    That there is no humane way to use animals.
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    Because the animals of this earth,
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    they're not things.
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    Emma is depending on us.
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    She needs your help.
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    And she can't wait any longer.
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    The time is now for change.
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    Join the global movement for animals.
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    Help us challenge the humane lie.
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    And fight for a world where every animal
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    is safe, happy and free.
Title:
Emma's Story: The Truth Behind Prop 2
Description:

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

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Video Language:
English
Duration:
02:52

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