As a result of the bird flu in 2015, many facilities were forced to get rid of egg laying hens. (americaninternationalfoods.com)
But instead of reassessing their practices, the industry is vehemently defending the system — a system that confines 12 million egg laying hens in battery cages; forces thousands of mother pigs to give birth and live for weeks on end in crates barely bigger than their bodies; allows piglets to have their teeth cut and tails cut off without pain relief; and subjects «meat» chickens to such rapid growth that their bodies can barely sustain them. (makeitpossible.com)
Proven methods from countries with more established animal advocacy movements can be re-used (e.g., using corporate outreach campaigns to secure cage - free commitments for egg laying hens) (animalcharityevaluators.org)