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RSPCA backs independent panel recommendation to end battery cages
RSPCA Australia has welcomed the Independent Panel on Poultry Welfare’s draft recommendations to phase out battery cages for layer hens in Australia.
RSPCA calls for leadership as further delays to finalising national poultry standards announced
A communique released following the Agriculture Ministers Forum (AGMIN) last week has confirmed that further delays in finalising the nation’s animal welfare standards for poultry can be
ABC 7.30 reveals the foxes in the henhouse
The RSPCA’s opposition to weak and flawed new poultry welfare standards have been justified, after an ABC 730 story aired details of behind-the-scenes collusion and inappropriate behaviour by the egg industry and the NSW Government.
RSPCA Australia Chair says animal welfare missing from ‘Animal Welfare Standards’ for chickens
Respected former politician, lawyer and now Chair of RSPCA Australia Gary Humphries has voiced strong concerns about problems in the process used to develop new farming Standards and Guidel
RSPCA slams “embarrassing” draft national animal welfare standards
Australia’s leading animal welfare organisation has firmly distanced itself from draft new national Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry, saying they are inadequate and not
Breakthrough research finds 84% of Australians want to end the battery cage
The number of Australians concerned about the welfare of battery-caged layer hens has grown to 3 in every 4, and an overwhelming 8 in 10 of us want to see battery cages phased out.
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