Cage-Free Greece aims to put an end to cage breeding of laying hens and promote more humane farming systems that do not use cages. This campaign is a core part of Ηellenic Animal Welfare Federation’s advocacy work and is carried out in collaboration with the Open Wing Alliance, a global animal rights coalition of about 100 animal rights organizations established by The Humane League.
Caged farming (battery or colony cages) is an extremely cruel intensive farming practice that confines egg-laying hens in tiny wire cages. The living conditions are so cramped that hens are unable to perform any natural behaviors like perching, scratching, nesting, dust bathing or even just stretching their wings. Trampling on one another, covered in lice and parasites, attacking each other to secure vital space or access food and water, egg-laying hens in caged farming are arguably some of the most mistreated animals living within legalised farming systems today. They suffer permanent psychological stress as well as numerous physical harms, including bone weakness and breakage, feather loss, diseases, mutilations and cannibalism.
Caged farming not only harms the welfare of the animals, it also affects the quality of the eggs and consumers’ health in more than one way:
Despite increasing public awareness and despites countries having banned them, caged eggs are still widespread.
We educate consumers on the appalling breeding conditions in cages and on the alternatives farming systems.
We work with the Food, Hospitality and Tourism Industry, and with businesses such as restaurants, hotels and supermarket chains, calling on them to adopt a Cage-Free policy and phase out cage-free eggs from their supply chains.
Ενημερώνουμε τους καταναλωτές για τις αποκρουστικές συνθήκες εκτροφής στις κλωβοστοιχίες και για τις εναλλακτικές επιλογές.
Συνεργαζόμαστε με επιχειρήσεις τροφίμων, εστίασης και τουρισμού, όπως εστιατόρια, ξενοδοχεία και αλυσίδες σούπερ μάρκετ, καλώντας τες να υιοθετήσουν Cage Free πολιτική καταργώντας σταδιακά τα αυγά κλωβοστοιχίας από τα προϊόντα και τις προμηθευτικές αλυσίδες τους.
Συνεργαζόμαστε με παραγωγούς… όμαστε με παραγωγούς Σργαζόμαστε με παραγωγούς
We’re excited to welcome Kora Bakery to the growing community of businesses in Greece that are committed to animal welfare by exclusively using cage-free eggs.
Every company that stops sourcing cage eggs and adopts a cage-free policy improves the lives of hens by helping reduce the number of hens raised in cruel conditions.
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