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>> >>TOM: THERE ARE ABOUT 25,000 CHICKENS HERE LAYING ABOUT 16,000 EGGS EVERY DAY.
THEY'RE KEPT IN CONFINED QUARTERS WHERE THE EGGS ROLL DOWN A RUNWAY FOR EASY HARVEST.
THIS CHICKEN FARM IN LAKESIDE IS THE KIND OF OPERATION THAT WAS TARGETED BY PROPOSITION
2, AND THE FARMER WHO RUNS IT FRANK HILLICKER IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO COMPLY
WITH THE LAW. THE PROBLEM, IS HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT CHANGES
HE HAS TO MAKE. >> >>: I WISH I KNEW.
THERE'S NO REGULATION. PROPOSITION 2 SAID JUST GIVE THE CHICKENS
A LITTLE MORE ROOM. >> >>TOM: BUT HOW MUCH MORE ROOM? THAT'S WHAT
NOA NOBODY IS SURE OF. >> >>: FARMER PROP 2, IF PEOPLE REMEMBER IT,
IT SAYS THIS CHICKEN NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD ITS WINGS, TURN AROUND AND DO NATURAL OCCURRING
PRACTICES, YOU KNOW, SCRATCH, SIT ON A ROOST, BUT IT'S NOT QUANTIFIED AT ALL.
>> >>: VOTE YES ON PROPOSITION 2. >> >>TOM: PROPOSITION 2 WAS OVERWHELMINGLY
APPROVED IN 2000 EIGHT BY CALIFORNIA VOTERS WITH SUPPORT FROM ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS WHO
ARGUED KEEPING CHICKENS IN SOME CROWDED CAGES WAS INHUMANE.
WHAT'S MISSING FROM THE PROPOSITION IS ANY SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW MANY SQUARE FEET OR INCHES
A CHICKEN NEEDS TO LIVE IN. CALIFORNIA CHING CHICKEN FARMERS HAVE UNTIL 2015 TO COMPLY
WITH PROP 2. GOING CAGE FREE WOULD BOOST UP THE PRICE DRAMATICALLY.
>> >>: WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST ME, WHAT MY RETURN ON INVESTMENTS IS GOING TO TO BE, I
CAN'T MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. >> >>TOM: THERE HAS BEEN SOME MOVEMENT ON
THE SENATEOR LEVEL. SENATOR DIANE FEINSTEIN SETTING MINIMAL GUIDELINES
FOR COMMERCIAL CHICKEN CAGES NATIONWIDE. MEAN WHILE, FARM BUREAU DIRECTOR ERIC LARSON'S
BEST ADVICE FOR SAN DIEGO CHICKEN FARMERS FACING THE REQUIREMENTS OF PROP 2:
>> >>: I THINK THE EASY ANSWER IS YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WHY WOULD YOU
TAKE SUCH A HUGE RISK TO GO AND MAKE THIS BIG INVESTMENT, PUT IN ALL THESE NEW CAGES,
AND THEY DON'T MEET SOMEBODY'S STANDARDS.