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Cage free eggs are more humane; kudos to UNC

TO THE EDITOR:

It is heartening to see that the University is moving away from using eggs from caged hens. Hens confined in battery cages are unable to engage in many important natural behaviors such as dustbathing perching scratching laying eggs in a nest standing on solid ground or even spreading their wings. Each hen confined in a battery cage has less space than a single sheet of paper to live her entire life.

I am pleased that UNC has begun to take action on this important issue but I hope it's only a first step to completely eliminate its use of eggs from caged hens.

 

Amanda Arrington

State Director

North Carolina

The Humane Society


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