The bird flu outbreak is largely due to the close quarters and poor conditions of farmed animals in factory farming ...

Although battery caged hens have been banned since 2022, colony cages - which are much larger but house dozens of hens - are ...

Professor Christine Nicol obtained a degree in Zoology from the University of Oxford, and then completed a PhD on the welfare of laying hens housed in battery cages. Her concern for the welfare ...

and support cruel and outdated systems – such as battery cages for egg-laying hens. "South Africans, including faith communities and ethical consumers, are calling for change. Battery cages are ...