“A victory for animals.” That’s what philosopher Peter Singer, a luminary of the animal protection movement, called it last week when Utah’s Governor Spencer Cox signed into law Bill 147, which ...

WASHINGTON, May 24, 2017 - American egg farmers face more challenges than just building new chicken housing as they convert, as now projected, up to half of their 375 million laying hens from cages to ...

For the past two years, at an undisclosed location in the Upper Midwest, a large commercial egg farm has been probed with every tool of modern science. Researchers have collected data on feed consumed ...

It's not clear which living conditions are the best for fowl Egg production has been a key target of animal welfare initiatives Massachusetts is the latest state to vote on a ballot initiative to ...

Conventional cages for egg-laying chickens will soon be banned in Canada. In their place, a new facility with housing systems ...

Latvian egg producer Agrova Baltics has rolled out plans to fully phase out cage systems for laying hens, committing to 100% ...

The way chickens are farmed in Australia is set to improve after the Agriculture Department released new standards of practice for the poultry industry. Australia will phase out conventional layer hen ...

Gov. Kate Brown today signed a bill freeing egg-laying hens from cages. Senate Bill 1019 requires commercial farms with 3,000 or more chickens to go cage-free and prevents the purchase or sale of ...

An attempt is being made by a Conservative animal welfare group to outlaw the use of enriched cages in egg production in the UK. Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) patron Henry Smith MP has ...