and they have a model bill called the animal in ecological terrorism or that includes much of this ag gagegislation that dates back to two thousand and three so for years now these industries which are the pharmaceutical industry big ag the national cattlemen's beef association the dairy industry have all been pushing very hard for attempts to criminalize their opponents and will if you're talking about expanding this project now it's taken off viral talk about what's next and how people can get involved we have about thirty second thought you know as this took off right away i mean really started working with people through the ted ted fellow right now and met photographers and journalists all over the world who were eager to be involved and so we're sort of talking about how to expand it to other states how to use infrared and thermal technology on the drone as well and a lot of really creative ways that i think will help shed a light on what these industries are trying to hide better watch out well part of the nation having on man thank you so much for your work that's our show you guy

mental pollution in particular now a lot of states have already adopted these ag gag laws which would make it illegal to issue any kind of secret recordings cameras videos etc in those states do drones fall under that illegality in some cases they do in idaho which is we have a lawsuit right now challenging the ag gag as unconstitutional there is a new edition which makes it illegal to take aerial photos of factory farms as well so i think this is kind of the next expansion of this ag gag trend and that's part of what really motivates me is sorry that's so i say is that no you know why are they so afraid of aerial photos of what's going on in their farms. and do you plan to stay away from from those states that have those strict laws it with the drone laws in particular i think that's going to be really sensitive this issue because the result of this legislation and these new laws is that it makes people like me think twice about whether or not i can actually report on what's taking place do i have the resources to face potential criminal prosecution and i think that's going to be rea

in the last two years three states have passed so-called ag gag laws and 14 should scar every americanicans have a right to know what is happening with their food. they have a right to know where their food is coming from. >> reporter: in north carolina where this disturbing video was shot, brent jackson introduced a bill that would make shooting this type of video a crime. we wanted to ask why. senator jackson? >> yes. >> reporter: are you doing all right? >> dog >> doing fine. >> reporter: we were hoping to talk to you. >> i don't have anything to say to you. >> reporter: i was looking for tim prince. >> you got him. >> reporter: he's the owner of prince poultry where the chickens were buried alive. he's surprised to learn his former intern was an undercover. >> she took the my newt things we done wrong. >> reporter: when other folks look at this and they see live chickens get dropped into a pit, they might not call that my newt. >> you're probably right. >> reporter: he admits the chickens should have been killed before being thrown in the pit but he does take care of the birds. the