Critter News

JANUARY 25, 2012

1, 2012, egg-laying hens across many European countries will live with fewer discomforts: The European Commission has officially implemented its ban on battery cages, the notoriously cramped cages used by many egg farmers and criticized by animal rights proponents and veterinarians who call them cruel and harmful to the birds' welfare.

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Battery Cages Battery Animal Welfare Welfare 100

Animal Person

JUNE 17, 2009

By encouraging people to bake with higher welfare eggs (as well as organic milk, butter and chocolate) vital funds will be raised to campaign against battery cages. Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Ethics Language Animal Rights Animal Welfare Compassion in World Farming World Farming.

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Compassion In World Farming Compassion Battery Cages CIWF 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

A column entitled "Ag Industry Threatened by Animal Rights" appeared in today's High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal [ HPMAJ ]. 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.

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