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14/2/10
Animal Freedom Aotearoa news release:
"New national grassroots group Animal Freedom Aotearoa carried out
the open rescue of 111 layer hens from a factory farm near Auckland. This
action marked the start of our group and the beginning of a campaign to
take on the entire egg industry; including free range and barn raised production
systems. The shed that we entered housed several thousand hens in conditions
typical of battery hen farms; about ten hens were crammed into small cages
with little room to move about, their beaks had been trimmed and many had
lost feathers from their necks, chest and back. The hens that we rescued
have been taken to a new home where they can recover from life as a layer
hen and start to enjoy the life a hen should lead; dust bathing, running,
flapping their wings and building nests. Today we followed up on this rescue
with a demonstration at the offices of the Egg Producers Federation in Newmarket.
Open rescues and demonstrations are just two tactics of many that will be
used to form our Egg Free Aotearoa campaign.
For pictures from the rescue please click here.
For pictures from the demonstration please click here.