Animal right activists are using the COVID-19 crisis to attack the animal ag industry.
Amanda Radke is a fifth-generation rancher from Mitchell and a blogger for Beef Magazine. She tackled the issue of animal rights activists during her recent presentation on the virtual ONE: Alltech Ideas Conference.
Radke says when the stock market dived early in the crisis, the groups purchased stocks in high end clothing companies with the hope to have the leverage to ban wool and fur in the future. She says they also pushed to eliminate the use of animals in research as scientists work to find treatments and vaccines for the coronavirus.
Radke says much of the activists’ criticism is falling on deaf ears as consumers have shown a strong desire to purchase animal protein. She says research indicates consumers are stocking up on essential food items.
She encouraged beef producers to be a reliable source of credible information.
