Animal Equality
May 2014
Two of the farms investigated have been certified with high welfare schemes, which are considered to provide the highest standards for organic food in the world. The other two are labeled with the regional high quality schemes. These farms also supply major supermarket chains.
A new April 2014 investigation from Animal Equality Germany reveals the cruelty inside free-range farms, showing the reality of the birds whose lives are "dedicated" to the production of eggs.
Over
13,7 billion eggs are produced each year in Germany, but few people know
just how those eggs are produced, and for many shoppers the grim reality of
life for free-range hens will come as a shock.
Animal Equality Germany investigated four farms located in the state of
Baden-Württemberg, where thousands of animals live out their entire lives
crammed into barns, some farms housing up to 12,000 hens. This truly is egg
production on an industrial scale, but these aren’t factory farms.
Two of the farms investigated have been certified with high welfare schemes,
which are considered to provide the highest standards for organic food in
the world. The other two are labeled with the regional high quality schemes.
These farms also supply major supermarket chains.
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