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Critter News
APRIL 12, 2009
By removing eggs from their ingredient list, BOCA is withdrawing financial support for factory farms that use battery-cages. This brings us one step closer to ending intense confinement of hens in factory farms. Tags: battery hens eggs farm animal welfare.
Critter News
JULY 8, 2011
Enactment of the bill will bring about the first federal law relating to the treatment of chickens used for food, the first federal law relating to the treatment of animals while on factory farms, and the first farmed animal protection legislation in more than 30 years.
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Critter News
FEBRUARY 26, 2009
I am a firm supporter of reforming factory egg farming. Tags: proposition 2 eggs factory farm food chickens. I believe that chickens should have room to stretch and walk around. And I'm willing to pay for more expensive eggs if it allows for that. Not everyone has that luxury.
Critter News
OCTOBER 19, 2008
and Canada are actively opposing battery cages. Tags: eggs farm animal welfare factory farm chickens. Some 200 companies have an average flock size of one million hens in a single location, with the top 60 companies producing 85% of all eggs.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 6, 2007
The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms. To learn more about Arizona's precedent-setting victory for farm animals, see here.
Animal Ethics
AUGUST 20, 2007
To the Editor: Re “ Suddenly, the Hunt Is On for Cage-Free Eggs ” (front page, Aug. 12): While this is a step in the right direction toward reducing the animal abuse inherent in all factory farming (from the chicken’s point of view), it’s still a long way from what nature intended. Jean Bettanny Port Townsend, Wash., 13, 2007
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