Njalo eminyakeni emihlanu, iCongress iphasisa "Umthethosivivinywa Wepulazi" oklanyelwe ukulawula inqubomgomo yezolimo kuze kufike umthethosivivinywa olandelayo. Inguqulo yakamuva, esivele ivunywe yiKomidi lezoLimo leNdlu, idale impikiswano enkulu ngenxa yomthelela wayo ongaba khona enhlalakahleni yezilwane. Okushumekwe ngaphakathi kolimi lwayo ilungiselelo elihloselwe ukwenza ize i-Proposition 12 (Prop 12), omunye wemithetho eqinile yokuvikela izilwane e-United States. I-Prop 12, eyaphasiswa abavoti base-California ngo-2018, yabeka izindinganiso zobuntu zokwelashwa kwezilwane zasemapulazini, ikakhulukazi eqondiswe embonini yengulube ukusetshenziswa kwamakhreyithi okumitha okukhawulelwe ezingulubeni ezikhulelwe. Umthethosivivinywa omusha wePulazi awugcini nje ngokusongela ukuhlakaza lezi zivikelo kodwa futhi ufuna ukuvimba imizamo yesikhathi esizayo yokusungula imithetho efanayo yenhlalakahle yezilwane. Lesi sinyathelo somthetho singaba nemiphumela emibi ezigidini zezilwane, sibuyisele emuva intuthuko ezuzwe kanzima kumalungelo ezilwane nenhlalakahle.
Njalo eminyakeni emihlanu, iCongress iphasisa "Umthethosivivinywa Wepulazi" oklanyelwe ukulawula inqubomgomo yezolimo kuze kufike umthethosivivinywa olandelayo. Uhlobo olusha, oseluvele lugunyazwe yi-House Agriculture Committee, luqukethe ulimi oluklanyelwe ukwenza ize i-Prop 12, okungenye yemithetho eqinile yokuvikela izilwane ezweni, futhi luvala izindlela zokuzuza olunye olufana nalo. Lokhu kungaba kubi kakhulu ezilwaneni.
Ngo-2018, abavoti baseCalifornia baphasa kakhulu i-Prop 12, banquma ukungahlanganyeli embonini yengulube enonya kodwa evamile yokufaka izingulube zezinsikazi ezikhulelwe emakhejini amancane kangangokuthi zingakwazi ukuphenduka noma zilale kahle. Lezi zilwane zomphakathi kanye nelukuluku zivame ukuzwa ubuhlungu obungapheli futhi zinganqotshwa ukuwohloka kwengqondo kulezi zimo. I-Prop 12, kanye nokusungula izindinganiso ezilinganayo ezifanayo zezindawo ezivalelwe izinkukhu zamaqanda nezinkomo zamasana, kwavimbela ukuthengiswa kwengulube, inyama, namaqanda e-California ezilwaneni ezivalelwe ezindaweni ezivalekile ezincane kunomthetho odingekayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zakhuliswa kusiphi isimo. .
Ngisho nangaphandle kokuvalelwa ngokwedlulele okwagwetshwa u-Prop 12, izingulube nezinye izilwane zisabekezelela imikhuba enonya nsuku zonke. Ngemva kokukhulelwa, izingulube ziyiswa emakhrethini amancane futhi angakhululekile ngesikhathi zikhulisa amazinyane azo. Amasende kanye nemisila yezingulube ngokuvamile ikhishwa ngaphandle kokubulala izinzwa, ngokuvamile phambi kwengulube engumama.
Imboni yengulube, nokho, ibona unya njengendlela yokwenza inzuzo futhi ayizimisele ukuvumela ngisho nezinguquko ezincane ze-Prop 12 zenzeke. Ngemuva kokwehluleka ukushaya umthetho phansi eNkantolo Ephakeme, imboni ibheke kuCongress ukuthi ibuyisele umgomo wayo. Inguqulo yamanje yeNdlu yoMthethosivivinywa wePulazi yakhelwe ivuna imboni yengulube, futhi iKomidi lezoLimo leNdlu likubeka obala ngalokho, likhuluma ngokukhathazeka mayelana nokukhuphuka kwezindleko zabakhiqizi.
Kodwa ingozi edalwe yi-Farm Bill ayigcini nje ngokuqukethwe ukuguqulwa kwe-Prop 12. Njengoba lo mthethosivivinywa uyisitatimende esiphelele ngokumelene nanoma yiziphi izimiso zombuso ezisungula izindinganiso zokuthi izilwane abazithengisayo kanye nezivela kwamanye amazwe ziphathwa kanjani, uvimbela izifundazwe eziningi ekushayeni umthetho ofanayo. . Lokhu kusho ukuthi uMthethosivivinywa Wepulazi ungasungula izwe lapho ngisho nenqubekelaphambili encane ekwelapheni izilwane incishiswa kakhulu, okungenani kuze kufike uMthethosivivinywa Wezolimo olandelayo.
Izilwane ezithengiswa yi-Big Ag azinaso isikhathi sokulinda. Ngokusho kwe-USDA, kuzoba nezingulube eziyizigidi ezingu-127, izinkomo eziyizigidi ezingu-32, nezinkukhu eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-9 ezikhuliswe futhi zihlatshwe ezindaweni zezolimo zase-US kulo nyaka kuphela. Nsuku zonke, babekezelela izimo ezinzima nezokuziphatha okubi i-Big Ag ezoqhubeka ibhekana nazo ngaphandle kwalapho umthetho nabathengi befuna ukuba iyekwe.
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