AVMA News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Participants completed in-person assessments of the welfare of animals in a variety of scenarios, including laboratory rats, farmed bison, cage-free laying hens, and tortoises in a zoo. The 23rd annual AVMA Animal Welfare Assessment Contest, or AWJAC, took place November 17-19 at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

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AnimalEquality.net

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Update 11/11/24: Colombina has officially reinstated its global cage-free commitment and is now reporting 40% across all brands. They have also refreshed their commitment and pledge to be globally cage-free by 2027.

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Critter News

APRIL 10, 2009

Its white eggs, cage-free and organic eggs are not involved. In a written statement the company said it was making the move after an investigation revealed that Radlo Foods violated the terms of an agreement by working with a farm that is not in compliance with its strict animal welfare standards.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

As of this time, all Trader Joe's brand eggs come only from cage-free hens. Now customers looking for cage-free eggs need to look no further than the Trader Joe's label. They also offer "Cage Free" eggs. Thanks to their valued feedback, in 2005 we made an important change in our egg selection.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 11, 2007

Here is a New York Times story about the latest hot thing.

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Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

Specifically, if it becomes law the legislation will: • require the nationwide elimination of battery cages—tiny cages that nearly immobilize hundreds of millions of laying hens today; • require environmental enrichments so that birds can engage in important natural behaviors currently denied to them in barren cages, such as perches, nesting boxes, (..)

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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.

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