Give a Battery Hen a Free Range Home!
Hens, which have come to the closing stages of their industrious egg producing lives, are being rescued by the Scotland’s division of the Battery Hen Welfare Trust. They will be saved from the many battery farms throughout Scotland and put on the market as family pets, in the hope of finding new owners.
Farmers typically dispatch the hens for slaughter once they discontinue producing eggs. The hens, which are usually only about 18 months of age when they leave the battery farms, but can often survive for up to eight years if they are not slaughtered.
The Battery Hen Welfare Trust which was founded 2003 provides support for farmers and works along side them to help bring down the numbers of battery hens. Since it began it has re-housed many thousands of battery hens and since hens only require a small amount or garden to run around in and are very easy to keep, it is hoped that they will continue to find homes for many more.
A recent study claimed that an estimated 66% of eggs consumed in the UK continue to originate from battery hens, with most of the eggs used to make in processed foodstuffs such as pasta, cakes and mayonnaise.. The Battery Hen Welfare Trust intends to help reduce that amount by 2012 to around 30%.
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