The industry resorts to using "kid-friendly" messaging to argue that confining egg-laying hens on factory farms inside battery cages is humane
It's no secret that the United Egg Producers (UEP), the egg industry's primary trade association, has a sordid record when it comes to animal welfare. More on that in a bit. What's less well known is the group's new effort to mislead children in its seemingly never-ending crusade against cage-free egg producers.
The UEP recently put out what it's calling “
kid-friendly” messaging about the benefits of confining egg-laying hens on factory farms inside
battery cages. As you can see from the UEP's cartoon below, the lobby group represents its cage-using members' interests by telling kids that birds prefer “dry, warm” cages as opposed to freedom of movement and the ability to engage in natural behavior. (More cartoons in the same vein are at the above link.)
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