Sentences with phrase «battery cages»

We should follow the example of the ACT where the use of battery cages is prohibited.

Battery cage eggs will no longer be allowed to be sold in French supermarkets after 2022.

Numerous scientists and other experts [PDF] have spoken clearly about the animal welfare problems with battery cages.

Many egg producers are also moving away from conventional battery cages to meet the increasing demand for cage - free.

Scientific research also shows battery cages pose a danger to food safety, as well.

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

HSUS undercover investigators have exposed the suffering of hens in battery cages on factory farms run by many of the nation's egg companies, including Cal - Maine Foods, the largest U.S. egg producer, Rose Acre and Rembrandt Foods, the second - and third - largest egg producers, Kreider Farms and Costco supplier Hillandale Farms.

The European Union has banned battery cages as of 2012.

Chicken consumption is off the charts in US, but forcing them to live their lives in small battery cages for at least half a dozen birds, with no space to move around is inhumane!

Meanwhile the 2012 EU ban on battery cage egg production has worried the National Farmers» Union, which warned that the move would be «worse than useless» if the same standards were not applied to imports.

But with laws failing animals, and while other companies continue to profit from battery cage cruelty, millions of hens continue to suffer in cages with no end in sight.

The leading international food and beverage company has committed that more than one million of the eggs it uses each year will not come from hens crammed into battery cages, which provide each bird less space than a single sheet of paper on which to spend her entire life.

The passage of Proposition 2 in California in 2008 was a major step forward, effectively outlawing the use of battery cages by requiring egg - laying hens to be housed so they can spread their wings.

Public pressure has convinced the fast food industry's biggest egg user — McDonald's — and company with the most outlets — Subway — to stop supporting the cruel battery cage system.

From hens kept in cramped battery cages to sick animals being neglected, all of these are realities of the modern day factory farms.

Rather than deal with a patchwork of state laws, the country's largest egg producers have increasingly been redesigning the way they do business, replacing small battery cages with larger operations that allow their animals to move around more freely.

Currently, U.S. factory farms confine about 280 million hens in barren battery cages so small, they can't even spread their wings.

«The Humane Society of the United States applauds Red Robin for joining the national movement away from cruel battery cages,» said Paul Shapiro, senior director of The HSUS» factory farming campaign.

Because of The HSUS, during the last decade battery cages for egg - laying hens have gone from being the unquestioned industry standard to a discredited and increasingly unpopular farming method.

This is positive movement for laying hens, since most of the country's 280 million hens are confined in tiny battery cages where they can barely move.

Laying hens suffer their entire lives in battery cages where they can't even stretch their wings and millions of «meat chickens» die every year because they are bred to grow so fast that their legs are unable to support them.

While that's ambiguous in the brief mention here, it's clear in his talk that he means this only as the cost for sparing a hen the additional suffering that comes with battery cage production systems, and that the animals affected will still suffer in other ways and be killed earlier than their natural lifespan.

«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.

And, perhaps not surprisingly (given the purchasing power of the two chains) there are signs that the industry is listening: witness the recent announcement that Canadian egg farmers aim to abandon battery cages by 2036.

«Predicting State - Wide Votes on Ballot Initiatives to Ban Battery Cages and Gestation Crates.»

Restricting hens to these barren battery cages prevents them from perching, nesting, foraging and even spreading their wings.

Since this is impossible in crowded battery cages, hens go through long periods of frustration.

«Battery cages present inherent animal welfare problems, most notably by their small size and barren conditions.

Researchers say the cruelest thing about battery cages is that they prevent hens from following their instincts when laying eggs.

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

Our affiliate Humane Society International has persuaded the majority of states in India, the world's third largest producer of eggs, to declare that confining hens to battery cages violates the nation's anti-cruelty legislation.

Bone mineral density and breaking strength of White Leghorns housed in conventional, modified, and commercially available colony battery cages.

While barn hens are not restricted to wire battery cages, they are kept indoors at high densities and typically have their beaks trimmed to prevent them harming each other.

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Power is provided via the built in 3 x AA battery cages which have been ergonomically placed to act as hand grips which makes the: GAME ZIP 64 comfortable to hold and play.

Who would have guessed a hen raised in a torturous battery cage and surviving on the brink of starvation could end up living happily ever after with her friend, a Pit Bull mix?

With Brave the Cage, we visit public spaces, colleges, and events with our custom human - sized battery cage, giving the public an opportunity to experience what life is like for 95 % of hens used for egg production.

Spain and Poland, who are amongst Europe's largest egg producers, will not be ready to scrap battery cages, despite having over 12 years to prepare for the new law.

Neither term implies anything about animal welfare; products from «factory» farming and confinement operations (such as battery cages for chickens), can still be organic, natural, both, or neither.

In 2008, the company began switching millions of eggs to cage - free eggs — those that do not come from hens kept in notoriously cramped battery cages.

«British shoppers should be reassured that as long as they buy food containing eggs from those companies who have guaranteed not to use or sell eggs from battery cages, they will be supporting higher welfare standards and British egg producers.»

As part of its new animal welfare policy, the SUBWAY ® chain will ensure that, to start, 4 percent of the eggs used for its breakfast menu nationwide do not come from hens crammed into battery cages.

The entire European Union is phasing out battery cages by 2012 and several Directives have been issued for adoption by member states in relation to improving the welfare of calves, chickens and pigs, with provision for further measures to be introduced in the future.

Battery cage systems installed prior to August 1, 2011 would not be affected.

Because of The HSUS, during the last decade battery cages for egg - laying hens have gone from being the unquestioned industry standard to a discredited and increasingly unpopular farming method.

We believe all poultry producers» voices should be heard in the debate on battery cages, just as many would remember from the free - range labelling debate in 2015 to 2016.

The HSUS has led the movement to get hens out of battery cages, most notably with California's Proposition 2 in 2008, an historic ballot measure requiring that all California egg producers make that switch.