Battery hens

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Series Details SN/SC/1367 (5.3.12)
Publication Date March 2012
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Battery cages are widely used to keep hens that lay eggs. This note covers law, welfare issues and the EU ban on this practice from 2012.
Source Link http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN01367
Related Links
United Kingdom: House of Commons Library: Standard Notes: SN/SC/1386 (17.2.11): Broiler chickens and poultrymeat http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN01386
United Kingdom: Defra: News, 8.11.10: News safeguards for chickens http://ww2.defra.gov.uk/news/2010/11/08/chicken-safeguards/
United Kingdom: Defra: Press Release, 21.2.11: UK action sees off battery cage delay http://ww2.defra.gov.uk/news/2011/02/21/batterycages/
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