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Jan 2010 saw 100 hens were liberated from a battery unit in the UK. This was followed by several visits by unknown activists to farms in the Midlands region where a further 200 hens were rescued from a battery hell. Four piglets were also secreted away under cover of darkness and will now no longer be heading for the slaughterhouse.

There is always so much more to stories like this where ‘a few chickens’ are rescued. Read the Chicken Run extract from From Dusk til Dawn to gain a fuller understanding of what’s going on in this battle between animal farming and consciousness raising.

From Dusk 'til Dawn
An Insider's View of the Growth of the Animal Liberation Movement