Animal Activists Lobbying Against Indiana Farm Videotaping Ban
By: Chris Veech
Updated: March 1, 2013
Indiana's House now considering a bill to make videotaping illegal at farms and factories in the Hoosier State. This story is one PETA, the animal activist group, is lobbying against. The group says the bill will stop whistle blowers from exposing animal abuse. Supporters of the measure say farmers and factory owners' are given a bad name on websites with selectively edited videos. The bill now allows for whistle blowers to record, if they provide the evidence to law enforcement in two days or less.
