Interconnected forms of violence of CAFOs and indigenous peoples' rights in Yucatán

Authors

Karen Hudlet Vázquez, Clark University

Document Type

Book Chapter

Abstract

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations [CAFOs] have multiple social and environmental impacts that disproportionately affect indigenous and peasant communities in Latin America. Indigenous communities have been resisting this industry through different means, including counter-hegemonic litigation. The judicialization of these socio-environmental conflicts has been successful in some cases, as in Homún, Yucatan, with the suspension and cancellation of CAFOs. Framing the meat industry's impacts as infringements on human rights, environmental rights, and the rights of nature provides opportunities for questioning the sector and promoting other forms of producing and (non) consuming meat. © The Editor and Contributors Severally 2025.

Publication Title

Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Animal Law

Publication Date

2025

First Page

218

Last Page

221

ISBN

9781803923673

DOI

10.4337/9781803923673.00064

Keywords

agrarian extractivism, CAFOs, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, factory farming, Indigenous rights, Mexico, volence

Repository Citation

Hudlet Vázquez, Karen, "Interconnected forms of violence of CAFOs and indigenous peoples' rights in Yucatán" (2025). Student Publications [Scholarly]. 74.
https://commons.clarku.edu/student_publications/74