Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday signed a ban on gestational pig crates that former Gov. Chris Christie infamously vetoed a decade ago, a move that critics — comedian Jon Stewart and iconic singer Cher, among them — called a presidential campaign ploy.
The ban marks a long-fought victory for animal rights advocates. They’ve sought for more than a decade to outlaw gestational pig crates in New Jersey, though they are not widely used and the Garden State produced just 7,500 pigs in 2022 — well behind the top-ranking Iowa’s production of 23 million hogs, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Still, supporters heralded Murphy’s signature of the crate ban as a victory for the humane treatment of animals.
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