GUEBERT: What makes a happy chicken? Perhaps a bit of wiggle room
March 7, 2012 at 2:35 pm in The Daily Republic
The United Egg Producers, a nationwide farm cooperative that represents the owners of 95 percent of the laying hens in America, is working with the Humane Society of the U.S. to codify federal regulations it knows its customers know they want for its chickens. Continue Reading
This HSUS-UEP deal would in no way replace battery cages–in fact, it would establish egg factory cages as a national standard that could never be challenged or changed by state law or public vote. Instead of outlawing cages – this crazy measure would outlaw the BANNING of cages. That is why it is being pushed by the egg industry itself! The Stop the Rotten Egg Bill (http://www.StopTheRottenEggBill.org) campaign is getting it right. Check it out. This bill would stop cage-free laws dead in their tracks and keep hens locked in cages forever. This stinks.
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