The study also identified several weaknesses in
the U.S. animal protection movement, including the lack of transparency among non-profit shelters and inadequate or non-existent shelter regulation and oversight.
And in a historic effort to tackle one of the last great frontiers in the humane
movement, we expanded vitally needed
protections to ensure the humane treatment of 1,250,000,000
U.S. farm
animals — covering one of every eight
animals on our nation's farms and ranches.