The Case of the Overlooked Law: Challenging Animal Confinement Through Forgotten Legislation

The Case of the Overlooked Law: Challenging Animal Confinement Through Forgotten Legislation

October 31, 2025 · 49 min

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Attorneys discuss using California's old animal protection laws to challenge the confinement of dairy calves.

Attorneys Will Lowrey (Animal Partisan) and Jessica Blome (Greenfire Law) join Mariann to discuss their battle to use California’s century-old animal protection laws to help dairy calves confined in tiny hutches. Despite having clear evidence that a dairy farm was violating Penal Code Section 597t by denying calves adequate exercise, they encountered a frustrating maze of procedural obstacles that prevented them…

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