Julián Castro's plan to save the animals by lisabelkin
Presidential elections are decided by many things: media exposure, financial backing, personal chemistry, timing and luck. Policy positions often are just a way of signaling where a candidate stands on the political spectrum. But 2020 is shaping up to be different, the most ideas-driven election in recent American history. On the Democratic side, a robust debate about inequality has given rise to ambitious proposals to redress the imbalance in Americans’ economic situations.
Democratic candidate Julián Castro says there are too many kill shelters, and too few humane treatment laws. Too many loopholes in the Endangered Species Act, too little attention to the finding by a United Nations panel that 1 million animal species are at risk of extinction in a disrupted climate. Individual states have taken steps to ensure more humane treatment for farm animals. California and Massachusetts, for instance, have passed public initiatives that protect farm animals — including egg-laying hens, pregnant sows and young calves — from confinement in cages and crates, and ban the sale of milk, eggs and meat from confined animals.
And the Endangered Species Act has been an irritant to business interests, who say protections for species such as the piping plover or the snail darter stands in the way of mining, logging, farming and development projects. He also addresses the welfare of animals that are not household pets. PAW would make it a federal crime to abuse any animal; ban the importation of big-game hunting trophies as well as private ownership of lions and tigers ; reverse the Trump administration’s rollbacks of the ESA; and create a $2 billion National Wildlife Recovery Fund to combat extinction threats domestically and double the U.S. contribution to the Multinational Species Conservation Fund.
Castro may love animals, but his reasons for highlighting their rights is less about puppies are cute than about cute puppies are potentially good politics. He is currently at the back of the pack of 10 candidates to qualify for the Democratic debate stage, and needs a way to differentiate himself.The issue has dual appeal. First, it allows Castro to directly criticize Donald Trump not only on policies like the ESA reversal, but personally, as his sons are known to be avid big game hunters.
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