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Sunday, 1 January 2012




New law introduced today to help battery chickens

From 1 January 2012 it will be illegal for farmers in Europe to keep battery chickens in bare, cramped cages.

A new law means that all battery cages must meet new requirements for the health and safety of the chickens. Each cage must be “enriched”, which means there is space for the chicken to move around and room to scratch and perch. The space is still quite small, but much better than it was.

While all farmers in the UK have been making plans for the new rules, it is believed lots of farmers in Europe won’t have, so the RSPCA are asking all egg buyers to make sure they buy British eggs or, even better, free-range eggs. The new cage guidelines are a start, but still not as good as free-range chickens and eggs.

Free-range eggs come from chickens that are allowed to roam freely in their homes and have a much happier life.

 





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  • Bunnycat (Age 13) wrote on Monday, 2 January 2012 @ 17:28

    Thank goodness!!!

  • charan (Age 13) wrote on Tuesday, 3 January 2012 @ 11:28

    That's good!

  • octopus77 (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 4 January 2012 @ 15:15

    ah good that is going to help a lot (not carcasum)