OZschwitz idiots: Campaign to ban eggs from battery farms

A campaign to put an end to battery-hen egg production in Australia will begin today, with environmentalists targeting supermarkets and asking consumers to boycott non free-range eggs.

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A series of radio advertisements, organised by the group Animals Australia and voiced by the singer Missy Higgins, will point out that all 27 member countries of the European Union have outlawed practices that are still the norm in Australia.

The Australian Egg Corporation, the body representing most egg suppliers, defended the practices, which allow about 12 million hens to live out their lives in a space roughly the size of a sheet of A4 paper.

Banning battery-egg production could force the price of 12 eggs up to $10, and cost governments about $500 million to buy out caged-hen operators, the corporation said.

But environment groups believe a campaign to end battery-hen egg production is ''winnable'' and will eventually make all eggs free-range.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/campaign-to-ban-eggs-from-battery-farms-20120401-1w6im.html#ixzz1qxWS432Q

OZschwitz idiots: Campaign to ban eggs from battery farms

OZschwitz idiots: Campaign to ban eggs from battery farms

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