What will the economic impact be on the state of North Carolina if a ban is successfully passed?
Many people in this state will lose their livelihoods, and animal rights activists gain a crucial foothold in our state’s legislature to pass further laws restricting agriculture and commerce. In terms of immediate economic impact, not counting lost revenue from the travel and tourism industry when popular local zoos and attractions are closed, the conservative estimate from a study excerpted from the Federal Register is over 400 million dollars a year in lost revenue. Click here to see the facts and figures. The HSUS is one of the participants on this legislative advisory committee. Like many other animal rights groups, HSUS pours huge sums of money into referendum and legislative campaigns to stop any use of animals. “Along with other heavy hitters like the Fund for Animals and Farm Sanctuary,” notes activistcash.com, “HSUS scored a big victory in Florida in 2002 when a ballot initiative passed that gave constitutional rights to pregnant pigs.” Among other things, the new rights for
