Exposé on the cruel and illegal cages in egg farms
Animal Equality’s investigation reveals the egg industry is still using cruel and illegal battery cages in spite of the PCA Act prohibiting it and a deadline of 2017 to phase it out.
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Transcript (English — en-x-autogen)
Hence, and chickens experience a wide range of emotions.
They are social birds who recognize each other
by their facial features.
They're capable of solving complex problems and counting.
Just like a human mother, a hen is very maternal
and will aggressively protect her young from any
predators or threats.
Hens can communicate
with chicks while they are still incubating inside the egg.
Yet we choose to subject these intelligent
and emotionally intelligent birds to a life of misery.
India has grown
to become the world's third largest egg producer after China
and the United States.
In this developing economy, the majority of egg farmers
are adopting factory farming practices.
Common in the west,
animal equality visited several egg facilities in the states
situated in the north, south,
and west of India, which are known for its egg production.
Four to eight hens were gram in cage, which is a size
of two a four size papers.
The hence often step on each other.
In an attempt to find place to move due
to the wired flaw of the cage, the feet can bleed
and become sore, cracked, and deformed.
The hence flaws which are designed to scratch vigorously
and thus stay short
and blunt, become long, thin,
twisted and broken.
These Overcrowded cages are usually stacked one on top
of another, causing urine
and feces to fall onto birds in lower cages.
Many birds were also missing the feathers and had abrasions
and irritations on the skin, probably due
to the high concentration of ammonia from the litter.
The litter is collected in huge piles
underneath the stacked cages,
and it is disposed once every few weeks.
The lack of timely disposal can lead to diseases
and mortality among the birds.
These cruel battery cages were required under law
to be phased out by 2017.
Yet millions of hens are still suffering.