The Government has chickened out and crossed the road on imposing tougher measures for more humane conditions for layer hens, Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says. "The Government has all but ignored ...

The question, “How much room does a chicken need to lay eggs?” sounds like the start of a bad joke. Animal rights activists and Connecticut’s big-time commercial egg farmers don’t think there’s ...

Mr John Njuguna the director of Renray Poultry Solutions collecting eggs in his farm located in Ruiru, Kiambu County.[FILE,Standard] Most poultry farmers in Kenya are practising the deep-litter system ...

As of Jan. 1, 2012, egg-laying hens across many European countries will live with fewer discomforts: The European Commission has officially implemented its ban on battery cages, the notoriously ...

The Green Party is calling for Government to put an end to caged chickens following tonight's Story investigation showing frightened and dead chickens in colony cages. They believe colony cages are ...

A new National Farm Animal Care Council code for the care and handling of Canada's laying hens bans new battery cages as of Apr. 1, 2017; the regulations are thanks to an animal rights advocacy ...

The ban on battery-caged hens has caused an egg shortage and now laying chickens are a hot-ticket item. Photo / NZME Trade Me search data might have cracked the question of what comes first, the ...

When Daniel Abiliba was growing up in northern Ghana, caring for animals was part of his daily life. He shepherded cows before school. His family had a donkey, dogs, goats, cattle, and assorted ...