Sentences with phrase «banned battery cages»

The European Union has banned battery cages as of 2012.

Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, and Austria have banned battery cages and the European Union is set to phase them out.

HSUS also led the effort to pass a law in Michigan banning battery cage confinement.

Michigan becomes the seventh state to ban gestation crates, the fifth to ban veal crates and the second to ban battery cages.

Internationally it has been supermarkets, particularly in the UK, that have led this kind of needed change for animals — resulting in historic milestones including the European Union banning battery cages from the beginning of 2012.

Campaigns against the practices of fast - food chains and the campaign to ban battery cages, which have been heavily supported by the hard work of tens of thousands of grassroots activists, have improved the living and dying conditions of millions of animals.

That report lead all 27 countries of the European Union to ban battery cages on animal welfare grounds.

Since pushing for welfare reforms often involves working directly with food and clothing industry companies, this work can give the public the impression that these companies treat their animals well when this is not the case, especially when animal advocates are incentivized to make the reforms seem like drastic improvements when animals still suffer substantially.213 Critics would also argue that, empirically, welfare reforms such as banning battery cages reduce only a very small portion of the harm of animal agriculture — if any — so they are not the most cost - effective use of time.214, 215, 216

Since pushing for welfare reforms often involves working directly with food industry companies, this work can give the public the impression that these companies treat their animals well when this is not the case, especially when animal advocates are incentivized to make the reforms seem like drastic improvements when animals still suffer substantially.192 Critics would also argue that, empirically, welfare reforms such as banning battery cages reduce only a very small portion of the harm of animal agriculture, if any, so they are not the most cost - effective use of time.193, 194, 195

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The opportunity to ban or phase out battery cages is now, and may not return for another decade.

Battery cages were the norm for egg - laying hens just a few years ago, but like gestation crates for sows — now banned in 9 states — chickens have an abysmal amount of room in battery cages, barely enough space to open up Battery cages were the norm for egg - laying hens just a few years ago, but like gestation crates for sows — now banned in 9 states — chickens have an abysmal amount of room in battery cages, barely enough space to open up battery cages, barely enough space to open up a wing.

We were deeply disappointed to see that, despite early expectations for the process, there was no mention of battery cages being banned.

The outcome was that the banning of battery cages was kept out of the Draft Standards.

The ACT Government has banned sow stalls and battery cages, in what it says is the most far - reaching legislation in the country.

«It is unacceptable that after the ban on battery cages comes into effect, around 50 million hens across Europe will still remain in poor conditions.

However, in December 2011, because no European agreement had been reached on enforcing the ban on battery cages, the British government announced that it had instead been working closely with the domestic egg industry, processors, food manufacturers, the food service sector and retailers to reach «a voluntary consensus» not to sell or use battery - farmed eggs and help British consumers to avoid buying them unwittingly.