Although battery caged hens have been banned since 2022, colony cages - which are much larger but house dozens of hens - are ...
The bird flu outbreak is largely due to the close quarters and poor conditions of farmed animals in factory farming ...
Of the 202 farmers, 165 used battery cages, while a smaller group of 37 had cage-free systems. The vast majority of hens in ...
with 86% of these hens confined in battery cages, unable to live naturally. Now civil society groups are urging key role players in the South African egg industry to reject what they say are ...
and support cruel and outdated systems – such as battery cages for egg-laying hens. "South Africans, including faith communities and ethical consumers, are calling for change. Battery cages are ...