ag gag. others call them farm privacy bills. the eight states in orange was passed the ag gag build, including north carolina. the debate over ag gag bills boils down to a battle over freedom of speech versus the privacy rights of farmers. k johnson smith thinks they are a good thing, and she is the president and c.e.o. of the animal agriculture alliance an industry group advocating for animal farmers. the way i see it activists are reporting real abuses in an industry we know is not all that transparent. instead of charges against farmers, the bill is making it possible for charges against whistle blowers. what is wrong with my analysis of that? >> a lot of things i'm sorry to say. let me first say that our organization does not lobby, so we are not involved in supporting legislative initiatives such as the farm protection bills. however, i understand the need for them and the reasons legislators across the country have been introducing these bills are because animal rights activists are fraudulent i representing themselves whe

. >> reporter: she is referring to ag gag laws that criminalize people who take photos or video of farm activities without consent. iowa is one of those states. it's the source of the rabbits sold at whole foods across the bay area. through a federal records request we obtained the su sda inspection reports from january of 2014 to february of this year. records show the number of rabbits dead in the yard and dead on arrival before slaughter. the numbers ranged from none on some days to 30 dead in the yard one day in march and 38 dead on arrival on a single day in july. >> that's a red flag for us. >> reporter: the government doesn't have a standard for an acceptable death rate and iowa rabbit declined to tell us the total number of rabbits processed on those days. reports reveal the usda sent them a letter of caution warning them for sending out multiple cartons of rabbit meat improperly labeled as usda inspected when they were not which prompted the plant to issue a voluntary recall. ininvestigators found fecal smears on the back tails of rabbits and skinned rabbits routinely coming in

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