Ten Acts of Animal Cruelty Admitted by Egg Farm

An egg farm in Maine has agreed to pay over $130,000 in fines because of 10 acts of animal cruelty which took place at their facility. The animal cruelty was documented on video by an undercover investigator from an animal rights organization.

Assistant District Attorney Andrew Robinson cited the company with ten civil counts of animal cruelty. A major portion of the fines was a single payment of $100,000 for hen treatment monitoring at the same farm, and for monitoring at other hen farms in the state.

The Executive Director of Mercy for Animals said, “Our organization has conducted a number of investigations at battery caged egg facilities across the nation from coast to coast, and unfortunately what we have found is that animal abuse runs rampant in egg farms nationwide, and this settlement really lends credibility to the fact that animals are abused in cage egg production.”

He also noted that consumers can play a role in helping animals in farms be treated properly by being informed about their purchasing decisions. The consumer role is important, because government alone can’t always oversee everything that is happening. Informed consumers have power to share information, work together, and influence society in a positive way.

A spokesperson for the farm said they are taking measures to educate their employees about improved animal handling and hen health.

Mercy for Animals has video of the mistreatment of the hens. It is disturbing, and I couldn’t watch more than about one to two minutes of it. It appears some chickens had their necks wrung, then were kicked into trash bins. Some were thrown in garbage cans. If this type of cruelty is happening in many such facilities, it’s enough to cause one to consider not eating eggs again.

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Suze O.

8:06AM PDT on May 5, 2012

And paying a fine justifies this cruelty, for it certainly means that to me! Deplorable, they should be shut down and Dept of Agriculture, give me a reason why this farm is not shut down rather than paying a fine? What does it take to end this kind of destructive and cruel actions fro profit. And,they will continue to do what they please for profit and get away with it until filmed once again--and the cycle continues. Dept of Agriculture is another corrupt arm of our government, amoungst many corrupt agencies.

send a green star

Jackson Z.

10:13PM PST on Feb 26, 2012

Cemented my decision to pay attention to where I get my eggs.

LMj S.

11:55PM PST on Feb 25, 2012

to much for my veggie heart to finish, thank you for info and sharing.

Eco M.

1:32PM PST on Feb 20, 2012

Go vegan and if you are having difficulty, please try to reduce or replace with cruetly alternatives.

paula e.

11:07PM PST on Feb 16, 2012

Close down factory farms. People are so cruel.

Nimue P.

4:52PM PST on Feb 15, 2012

Noted.

Jennifer C.

4:19PM PST on Feb 14, 2012

Good to know. Thanks for sharing.

Micheal M.

4:02PM PST on Feb 14, 2012

we are change
knowledge is not power its empowering lets be empowered
life has value beyond measure
Peace and Love

Muriel S.

1:57PM PST on Jan 25, 2012

I couldn't watch the whole video. Such cruelty makes me sick. Something must be done. I'll pay more attention when buyin eggs: I don't want eggs laid like that.

1:54PM PST on Jan 25, 2012

Thanks for the info, Jake.