colony cages: new cages, same old cruelty

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Conventional battery cages will be banned in 2022, to be replaced by yet another kind of cage: the colony battery cage.

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Conventional battery cageswill be banned in 2022, to be replaced by yet another kindof cage: the colony battery cage.SAY NOTO ALLNew Cages, Same Old CrueltyColony cage hens can barely move, are stressed and suffer from feather loss and brittle bones. They cannot full their natural instinct to scratch for food, dust-bathe, build a nest and y.Eggs produced by hens in these cages are labelled as colony laidor colony eggs to hide the fact that they are still battery cage eggs.SPOT THEDIFFERENCE? Battery CageColony CageRobyn MalcolmNZ ActorCAGE EGGSCOLONY CAGES Can you imagine spending your whole lifein a cage? It must be absolute torture! Come on Kiwis, we are better than this.Join me in putting a stop to this awful cruelty now.safe.org.nzTHE CRUEL COLONY CAGE CONColony cage eggs might be cheap, but a terrible price is paid by the hens.12Vote with your wallet:dont buy eggs labelled colony laid, colony eggsor cage eggs.Ask cafes, restaurantsand supermarkets to boycott all cage eggs.Try somedelicious egg-freeoptions! Check out our recipes section online.Make a donation now!Visit our website.34Help EndHen CrueltyInside a dimly lit New Zealandfactory farm, a caged hen still suffers...She has sore feet from standing onan uncomfortable, sloping wire oor.The perches provided are too lowto be natural for her. A tiny rubber mat is supposed to meether need to scratch and dust-bathe. At around 18 months of age heregg production drops and she is sentto slaughter. Her natural lifespanis 7-15 years. A colony cage hen has a living space not much larger than anA4 sheet of paper. She has to share one nest box (made of plastic aps and without nesting material) with up to 60 other birds. safe.org.nz