Indiana Council for Animal Welfare

We were so glad to see Anthony Rust co-owner of Rose Acre Farms in Seymour, Indiana write an editorial in the Indiana Prairie Farmer about HSUS. Mr. Rust points out many problems with the HSUS agenda. ICAW is so proud of all the farmers speaking up about HSUS trying to put them out of business over "Factory Farming" issues. Rose Acre Farms to our knowledge is the largest poultry operation in Indiana.

We always find it amazing how out of state Animals Rights folks seem to know how we here in Indiana should attend to our own business. Mr. Rust even talks about different ideas for raising their chickens. He even mentions about trying to go cage free again and what the results were and I quote:

"We tried it ourselves again just to be sure. We found the same thing. We lost twice as many chickens in a loose housing system compared to our normal cage system. Turning chickens loose results in more dead chickens."

Mr. Rust goes on to talk about the Enhanced Cage System but it seems he is resigned to the fact that HSUS would never agree to it. We have to surmise that compromise does not seem to be in the vocabulary of the animals rights folks. What scientific evidence does HSUS have that none of these farmers seem to have. We applaud Mr. Rust for speaking out and are proud to join him in this battle for our rights.