A Humane Egg

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A Humane Egg

The life of animals raised in confinement on industrial farms is slowly improving, thanks to pressure from consumers, animal rights advocates, farmers and legislators. In late June, a compromise was reached in Ohio that will gradually put an end to the tiny pens used for raising veal calves and holding pregnant sows, spaces so small the animals can barely move.

In California last week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law requiring that all whole eggs sold in the state conform to the provisions of Proposition 2, the humane farming law that was embraced by state voters in a landslide in 2008. By 2015, every whole egg sold in the state must come from a hen that is able to stretch her wings, standing or lying, without touching another bird or the edges of her cage. This requirement would at least relieve the worst of the production horrors that are common in the industry now.

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Industrial confinement is cruel and senseless and will turn out to be, we hope, a relatively short-lived anomaly in modern farming.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/opinion/12mon4.html

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. What happens to the food you eat, can happen to you, sert ov,

it ain't good to consume creatures that have lived horrid lives.

[izquierdista]

2. It will still be unhealthy

To lay a healthy egg, chickens need to be on pasture, never mind cage vs. "free range". Unless they can eat plants and weeds and bugs and scratch in the dirt, they are going to be giving poor quality eggs. http://www.motherearthnews.com/eggs.aspx

[flvegan]

3. The battery egg chicken is the most highly and widely abused animal.

While I don't eat eggs and would rather that others didn't as well, that's unrealistic. Because of that, I simply hope that folks consider where their food comes from and choose the most humane option possible.

[jody]

4. Will the ultimate in humane production be reached when we grow in vitro or cultured meat? nt

[Better Today]

5. Well they created hybrids with such big breasts that can't stand, I have no doubt

we will soon see layer hybrids with the shortest possible wing span.