#Act4 FarmAnimals International NGOs Anima International and Sinergia Animal Thailand just released a striking documentary showing the reality of egg production in Thailand. The cruelty behind egg production in Thailand 7 September 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Cages are totally prohibited in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria. In Germany, they will be banned from 2025. Across Europe, leading food companies in the industry are pivoting towards selling cage-free eggs. E.Leclerc commits to go cage-free by 2025 in Europe, but refuses to publicly commit in Spain - Sign the petition 27 July 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The transition to cage-free chickens is progressing in Spain: egg production with cage-free birds has increased from 7% to 23% in the last three years. Spain advances in the welfare of laying hens 2 June 2020 Animal Equality
#Act4 FarmAnimals Two disinfection firms in the Netherlands have been found liable for a 2017 food scandal that swept across Europe. Eggs were contaminated with the insecticide fipronil, which saw millions of chickens slaughtered. Dutch Court finds firms liable in fipronil egg-tainting scandal 25 May 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals On May 18, following the gradual release of the confinement measured imposed after the breakout of the COVID-19 crisis in Belgium, GAIA launched a campaign to ban cages for laying hens. New campaign: "Tired of being confined? They are too!" 25 May 2020 GAIA
#Act4 FarmAnimals New federal data released this month shows the enormous progress we have made toward the goal of ending the cruel cage confinement of farm animals in the United States. More than 86 million egg-laying hens in the U.S. are now cage-free 16 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Morrisons has reportedly become the first major supermarket to solely supply free-range eggs, ending the sale of caged eggs. Morrisons becomes ‘first major supermarket’ to go free range 24 February 2020 CIWF
#Act4 FarmAnimals Slovak egg producers will switch to litter, aviary and free-range laying hens by 2030. Cages for laying hens get red light in Slovakia 17 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Over the last decade, hundreds of companies around the world have committed to source cage-free eggs by 2025 or earlier. Impact of corporate commitments on cage-free eggs: preregistration for a study 31 January 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals France is to ban from the end of 2021 the hugely controversial but widespread poultry industry practice of systematically slaughtering male chicks, Agriculture Minister Didier Guillaume said Tuesday. France to ban systematic culling of male chicks by the end of 2021 28 January 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A new undercover investigation by Essere Animali in an intensive farm with 56,000 hens has revealed animals being handled and treated cruelly. ESSERE ANIMALI: Evidence of cruelty to Italian laying hens 8 October 2019 Essere Animali
#Act4 FarmAnimals The chickens that are kept locked to produce eggs are the most abused and exploited by the industry. Eggs: the price hens pay is too high 6 May 2019