No more battery eggs for Sainsbury’s

Jan 22, 2009

In 2012, there will be an EU-wide ban on battery cages but this legislation allows for “enriched cages” that are slightly larger. Sainsbury’s have gone a big step further than the EU legislation by ruling out all eggs from caged birds.

WSPA UK Regional Director, John Gray, said, “WSPA commends this inspirational move by Sainsbury’s to significantly improve their animals welfare policy and look forward to other supermarket chains following suit to make battery caged birds a thing of the past”. 

The majority of the world’s farm animals currently live in miserable factory conditions raised under ‘production line’ methods with high outputs being achieved by subjecting the animals to intense and prolonged suffering.  In terms of the sheer scale of number, hens and chickens get the worst deal.

WSPA works globally to address animal welfare issues and is working to end factory farming by raising awareness, establishing local coalitions and promoting and demonstrating humane alternatives.  Find out more wbout WSPA's work.

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