14 DAY TRIAL // In one of her most recent shows, Ellen DeGeneres took a stand against Ag Gag bills and argued that such pieces of legislation did no more and no less than keep animal activists from documenting cases of abuse and rescuing animals.
Ellen DeGeneres is not the first public figure to speak out against such bills and their keeping animal cruelty investigators from properly doing their job.
Thus, it was only a couple of days ago when singer Carrie Underwood caused quite a Twitter stir by lashing out against Tennessee's getting ready to embrace one such bill.
Ellen DeGeneres was not alone in speaking against Ag Gag bill. Wayne Pacelle, the current president and chief executive of The Humane Society of the United States, also made an appearance on the show.
“I’ve been really concerned. I’m seeing more and more states considering what are called Ag Gag or anti-whistleblower bills. And we have undercover investigators who go find terrible things at factory farms, or at puppy mills or at horse stables where people are injuring the horses,” Wayne Pacelle reportedly said.
“They’re trying to make it a crime for us to take pictures or video of animals in these settings, because so many of our investigations have yielded incredible results,” the president of the Humane Society of the United States further argued.
Both Wayne Pacelle and Ellen DeGeneres asked that members of the public try to convince Gov. Bill Haslam that vetoing Tennessee's Ag Gag bill was the right thing to do.
Naturally, Carrie Underwood was beside herself with joy when hearing the news that other celebrities had taken an interest in fighting said bill.
“@TheEllenShow: You have always been such an angel when it comes to animal compassion! Thank you for speaking out! Just when I thought I couldn’t adore and respect you more…” the singer tweeted shortly after Ellen's show aired.
Check out the video below to see Ellen and Wayne talking about how the Ag Gag bill would affect the working agenda of organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States.
