{"id":755471,"date":"2018-12-05T10:12:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T15:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=755471"},"modified":"2018-12-05T10:12:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T15:12:52","slug":"ag-gag-defeat-idaho-to-pay-260000-in-legal-fees-to-animal-rights-group-in-dairy-spying-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=755471","title":{"rendered":"Ag-Gag defeat: Idaho to pay $260,000 in legal fees to animal rights group in dairy spying lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>This award sends a strong message that Ag-Gag laws, which are designed to insulate factory farms from public scrutiny, are not only bad policy but illegal as well.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"quote-author-avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ARK_Center.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"quote-author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEditor\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"quote-author-job\">The ARK Center<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>AP:<\/strong> &#8216;<em>An animal welfare group applauded a court ruling ordering the state of Idaho to pay $260,000 to attorneys for animal rights groups after federal courts said the state\u2019s law banning spying at farms, dairies and slaughterhouses violated free speech rights&#8230; U.S. District Court Chief Judge B. Lynn Winmill issued the order as part of a settlement between Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and the Animal Legal Defense Fund and others&#8230; \u201cWe hope this award sends a strong message that Ag-Gag laws, which are designed to insulate factory farms from public scrutiny, are not only bad policy but illegal as well,\u201d said John Seber of Mercy for Animals&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The dairy industry pressed for the law after Los Angeles-based Mercy For Animals in 2012 released videos that showed workers at Bettencourt Dairy in southern Idaho beating and stomping cows, and using a tractor to drag a cow by a chain attached to her neck&#8230; Idaho lawmakers in 2014 passed the law making it a crime to surreptitiously videotape agriculture operations after the state\u2019s $2.5 billion dairy industry complained that the videos made public by Mercy For Animals unfairly hurt their businesses&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/3185fe83c86f44c89ba99e6ced509007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E-Sa37HMqMg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AP: &#8216;An animal welfare group applauded a court ruling ordering the state of Idaho to pay $260,000 to attorneys for animal rights groups after federal courts said the state\u2019s law banning spying at farms, dairies and slaughterhouses violated free speech rights&#8230; U.S. District Court Chief Judge B. 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