{"id":1145,"date":"2022-08-26T11:51:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T11:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codepaperclient.com\/ccffa\/?page_id=1145"},"modified":"2022-09-06T15:29:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:29:00","slug":"battery-cages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.humanefood.ca\/fr\/battery-cages\/","title":{"rendered":"Battery Cages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Battery Cages<\/strong><\/h1>

More than 90 per cent of Canada\u2019s 26 million egg-laying hens are kept in small, cramped \u201cbattery\u201d cages where they are unable to perform natural behaviours such as nesting, perching, dust-bathing, stretching a wing or walking around \u2013 activities that are important to them. Each bird has less space than a sheet of notebook paper. Hens are forced to stand on sloping wire floors, and they suffer feather loss and skin damage due to constant rubbing against the cage and cage-mates.<\/p>

More information about battery cages<\/strong><\/h3>

Click here\u00a0to read what experts have to say about the cruelty of battery cages.<\/p>

To read about\u00a0Controlled Atmosphere Killing<\/strong>,\u00a0click here for PETA\u2019s report.<\/p>

Canadians for the Ethical Treatment of Food Animals<\/strong><\/p>

Broken Wings<\/p>

Inside Clark Egg Farms Ltd.<\/strong>
Covert video footage\u00a0taken inside a battery cage operation.<\/p>

The Truth About Canada’s Egg Industry<\/strong>
Shocking video footage\u00a0of the inside of a standard battery cage operation (summer 2005).<\/p>

Campaigns<\/strong><\/h3>
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Alternatives to battery cages<\/strong><\/h5>

There are viable alternatives to battery cages, where free run hens are kept in open barns and can move around and lay their eggs in nest boxes. Certified organic eggs come from hens with access to the outdoors at least part of the time.<\/p>

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