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BOCA to Stop Using Eggs by End of 2009

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By removing eggs from their ingredient list, BOCA is withdrawing financial support for factory farms that use battery-cages. We anticipate all BOCA products will be egg free in 2010." They are striking a blow against the cruel egg industry. Whether or not you choose to eat eggs, this is a major victory for animals.

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Hope for Hen Welfare

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Similar legislation, on hold as a result of today’s agreement, was planned in Washington State and Oregon.

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The Other Side of the Egg Debate

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The motion, which comes to the Metro Vancouver board on Friday (February 27), encourages stores and restaurants to promote organic free-range eggs; makes Metro Vancouver caterers and operators use organic free-range eggs; and will result in letters to Victoria, Ottawa, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency opposing current practices “based on the (..)

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Note to Those Wanting Promotion: Pay Attention

Animal Person

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. From the 6th -10th of July we are asking everyone to get their aprons on and bake with free-range or organic eggs.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “They’re Going to Wish They All Could Be California Hens” (front page, March 4): While the conditions in California’s colony cages are certainly better than those of the barren battery cages used for 90 percent of egg-laying hens in this country, they still involve cramming 60 animals into a wire cage, each bird with just 116 square (..)

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

Animal Ethics

For example, "free roaming chickens" conjures up images of happy chickens running free and unfettered all about the barnyard, when in fact the label "free roaming chickens" just means chickens that were not raised in battery cages. Calling an inhumane practice "humane" does not make that practice humane.

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Reasons Consistently Applied

Animal Ethics

Layer hens spend their entire lives permanently confined in battery cages with 6-9 other hens and have only half a square foot of living space per bird. What might be less obvious is that each of these reasons actually gives us a reason to adopt an entirely plant-based vegan diet, devoid of animal products.