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Clemson Researcher Investigates Impacts of Cages on Laying Hens

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Nearly 95 percent of the 90 billion table eggs produced in the United States come from high-density cage systems. Tags: battery hens eggs USDA farm animal welfare us agribusiness. The value of all egg production in 2007 was $6.68 In South Carolina egg sales tally about $90 million annually.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

He would have saved us the necessity of sending an undercover investigator to film the shocking mistreatment of animals. Most Americans, by contrast, join with us in demanding better regulations to safeguard farm animals and more credible inspections of our food. Mr. Nocera is anything but a soothsayer.