因屠宰操作违背动物福利法规 美国农业部被起诉陵郎

因屠宰操作违背动物福利法规 美国农业部被起诉

US - The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its unreasonable delay in responding to an AWI petition - filed in May 2013 - to amend the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (HMSA) to prevent incidents of inhumane handling of animals at slaughter.AWI is asking the court to order the USDA to answer its petition, which requests that the USDA require that all slaughter e甘孜沙参stablishments follow clear procedures to address animal welfare to prevent inhumane handling and slaughter.The animal welfare organisation - repre藤蔓月季sented by the P长梗梅ublic Justice Advocacy Clinic at The George Washington University Law School - is suing the USDA under the Administrative Procedure Act, which requires agencies to respond to citizen petitions for rulemaking within a reasonable time.

为了阻止牲畜在屠宰时的非人道处理事件发生，动物福利研究所(AWI)在2013年5月曾向美国农业部发出呈请书，希望修正人道主义屠宰处理法案大叶黄芩(HMSA)，但由于美国农业部无故拖延，迟迟不回应，因此，动物福利研究所(AWI)向美国农业部(USDA)发起诉讼。动物福利研究所请求法庭命令美国农业部回应自己的诉求。诉求中要求，美国农业部需命令所有屠宰企业遵守明确规程，落实动物福利，从而阻止非人道的操作和屠宰。该动物福利组织由乔治华盛顿大学法学院的社会公益倡导组织代表，他们根据联邦行政程序管理法的要求，即政府机构需要在规定的合理时间内回应公民的诉求，起诉了美国农业部。