Farming Poultry

See also:

Ban Battery Cages - A hen rescue campaign in the Minneapolis area.

Battery Hens Campaign - Educates consumers about the welfare problems of egg production in battery cages and tries to achieve an international ban on battery cage systems. Info is from the Compassion in World Farming organization.

Chicken Feed - Extensive international resource guide to natural chicken feeding, including a mailing forum. Site motto: Health Before Profit.

COK: ISECruelty.com - Information, photos and videos about the treatment of hens at ISE-America, an egg supplier with facilities in multiple states. From Compassion Over Killing.

CWF: Broiler Campaign - Information about labeling for stocking densities, the suffering of meat chickens and the health hazards for the consumers. From Compassion in World Farming. UK.

The Cyberactivist - A weblog from a former worker in a Tyson chicken processing plant, where he documents in bloody detail how chickens are killed, and what he finally did about it.

Eastern Shore Chicken Sanctuary - Sanctuary plus activist organization working to eliminate chicken and livestock farming. Maryland, USA.

EggIndustry.com - Provides an in-depth report on animal suffering in the egg industry, as well as photos, videos, and a guide to what egg labels mean.

European Union Laying Hens Legislation - This page from the official European Union website will always show the latest information on their regulations concerning laying hens and the ban on battery egg farming.

Farm Animal Welfare Network - Animal Rights site that focuses on all types of poultry. UK.

Frank & Dannie's Sad, Mad Chukkie Site - Vegetarian couple who raise laying hens in their Essex garden. Information about conditions of commercial battery and free-range hens, the family's dogs, and links to animal welfare groups.

FS: Poultry.org - Contains pictures, videos, and information about the animal suffering, human health hazards, worker exploitation, and environmental destruction caused by the poultry industry. From the Farm Sanctuary organization.

Gourmet Cruelty - Ccoalition dedicated to exposing the cruelty of the foie gras industry. Includes photo gallery, video clips and news. Based in Washington, DC, USA.

MFA: EggCruelty.Com - Investigation and rescue at Ohio's two largest egg factory farms. Background information, articles, photo and video gallery, suggestions for activism, and links to related sites. From Mercy for Animals, a vegan organization.

No Battery Eggs Campaign - Describes the campaign by the Humane Society of the United States to free egg-laying hens from the confines of battery cages.

No Foie Gras - Educational and activist site working against force feeding of birds, a technique used in commercial foie gras production. Includes articles, resources, campaign materials, and links.

PETA - Commando Chicks - Campaign to inform consumers about the factory farming of meatbirds.

PETA: KFCCruelty - Presents the view that there is cruelty and abuse of chickens by KFC's suppliers and supports a vegan lifestyle.

PETA: Turkey Farm Cruelty - An undercover investigation in Minnesota plus a campaign for justice. Also information about vegetarian products to substitute turkey meat.

RSPCA: Broiler Chicken Suffering - Reports and educates about what happens to the birds who provide the UK with the nation's most popular meat. Online petition, press ad, commercial, and resources for activism.

United Poultry Concerns - Activist group that campaigns against cruelty to chickens and other domestic fowl. Site features action alerts, resource articles, merchandise and membership. Virginia, US.

Wegmans Cruelty - A half hour documentary about the conditions inside Wegmans Egg Farm located in Wolcott, NY, USA. Free download is allowed.

BBC - EU Bans of Battery Hen Cages - The European Union voted to ban battery hen cages across Europe, starting in 2009. (January 28, 1999)

BBC - Shoppers Duped in Egg Con - Claims that UK consumers are unwittingly buying hundreds of thousands of battery produced eggs, believing they have come from free-range hens. (January 21, 1998)

Chickens have rights too! - Salon Newsreal article about Karen Davis, the founder of UPC. By David Wallis, New York. (November 7, 1997)

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