EU welfare standards for laying hens due to come into force this week will ban conventional 'barren' battery cages from 2012. However, the agriculture department in Britain, DEFRA, is set to do ...

The organisation is calling for a ban on all types of cages for egg-laying hens by 2007. A new European directive will outlaw battery cages throughout Europe from 2012. However, the law still ...

An 81-year-old woman says she feels like a "battery hen" due to restrictions on her sheltered housing imposed by a council. Audrey Spink who lives in council-owned accommodation in Roxby Court in ...

The use of battery cages for birds was banned in the ... in bird welfare and ensures sustainability for the laying hen sector". But the consultation also seeks views on banning the use of enriched ...

Yes, a new Oregon law requires all eggs produced and sold in the state to be cage-free, meaning they come from hens that are ...