EU welfare standards for laying hens due to come into force this week will ban conventional 'barren' battery cages from 2012. However, the agriculture department in Britain, DEFRA, is set to do ...

Instead of going cage-free, Burnbrae Farms is investing in enriched battery cages, which are only slightly larger than ...

Layer hens typically are housed in sheds the lengths of football fields in long rows of battery cages, which are stacked several tiers high. The small cages hens live in are termed “battery cages.” A ...

Battery cage farms are a living hell for the innocent hens who lay eggs for McDonald’s South Africa. All this suffering for a mere R10 meal.” She adds: “Ever since I was a little girl, I had chickens ...

The organisation is calling for a ban on all types of cages for egg-laying hens by 2007. A new European directive will outlaw battery cages throughout Europe from 2012. However, the law still ...

Medium eggs must be a minimum of 21 ounces per dozen, or an average of 1.75 ounces each. Small eggs must be a minimum of 18 ...

In internal correspondence with the CGCSA, SAPA described the “desperate push for cage-free” as inconsistent with their ...

ONE hundred ex-battery hens have been rescued in Warrington and are looking for their forever home. Animal rescue charity Warrington Animal Welfare has appealed to find new homes for the ‘lovely ...