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California Egg Farmers Squawk Over Proposition 2 Space Requirements for Chickens

Animals (tags: animals, chickens, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering )

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- 144 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com

When Proposition 2 was approved by voters last year, many in the animal welfare community saw the legislation as landmark for the treatment of the state's farm animals. Proposition 2 decreed, among other things, that egg-laying hens in California have

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Rooibos Bird (128)

Tuesday June 16, 2009, 9:24 am

Interesting how the bullies cry foul (pun intended) when the tables are turned and they are forced to be accountable for their cruelty. Their constant cries of "It costs too much!" is the tired refrain of those who profit from the miserable confinement of others, and they use this to guilt the public and threaten them into "paying more" to consume the unfortunate creatures locked in this viscious cycle of evil exploitation.

Filthy morlocks!

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Jamie L. (220)

Tuesday June 16, 2009, 9:25 am
We don't need to be importing eggs... maybe that should be the bill they are working on!

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BigCatRescue A. (182)

Tuesday June 16, 2009, 10:03 am
sad case of callous human mindset..I see signs on farm driveways up here for fresh brown eggs, and hens running around in teh field, that's the way they should all be......

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