Critter News

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

But with battery eggs costing about $2 a dozen and organic free-range eggs costing between $5 and $6 a dozen, the impact of the proposed change goes beyond poultry. This short article reports that Vancouver, BC is considering a measure similar to Prop 2 in California, but there are concerns amongst advocates of the poor.

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Critter News

APRIL 10, 2009

Tags: battery hens animal cruelty eggs undercover investigation farm animal welfare.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2014

Compassionate consumers can take a stand against this cruelty by choosing vegan options. It is no more acceptable to confine 60 hens for their entire lives in a cage that you report is “about the size of a Ford F-150 pickup truck’s flatbed” than it would be to treat 60 cats similarly.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

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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Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

So why is one type of animal cruelty (dogfighting) more reprehensible than another (lobster-boiling)? I still eat eggs that come from battery hens, even though I do try to buy free range, and I wear leather, even though I only buy it used. Tags: animal cruelty Michael Vick animal rights. None of us is pure.

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