6/14 - City of SF to vote on battery cages

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From an email from HSUS:

 

On June 14, the San Francisco Commission on Animal Control and

Welfare will vote on an important resolution: one that would condemn

the confinement of egg-laying hens in battery cages as cruel and

inhumane -- which it certainly is. Showing the commission that

there's public interest in this issue is critical.

 

Please attend the commission meeting next Thursday and speak in

support of this resolution. Your comments can be as simple as a

statement of your name and address and one of the points below.

 

Thursday, June 14

Time: 5:30 p.m.

Location: San Francisco City Hall, Room 408

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102 (see map)

 

Don't forget to tell your friends and family in San Francisco to

attend the meeting, too.

 

Points to Remember

 

 

The City and Country of San Francisco has a chance to take a stand

against the cruelty inherent in battery cage egg production. The

Commission should support Commissioner Philip Gerrie's resolution

against battery cage confinement.

 

 

Numerous Bay Area retailers, including Andronico's, Rainbow Grocery,

and Whole Foods Market, already refuse to carry battery cage eggs.

Other area groceries all carry cage-free eggs too.

 

 

The City of Berkeley has passed a similar resolution. University of

San Francisco, San Francisco State, and UC Berkeley have enacted

policies to eliminate or greatly reduce their use of eggs from caged

hens.

 

 

Caged hens are among the most abused in the already cruel world of

factory farming. Each bird has only 67 square inches of floor space --

smaller than a sheet of paper. A battery-caged hen cannot walk or

spread her wings for her entire life.

 

Thank you for all you do for animals!

 

Sincerely,

 

Wayne Pacelle

President and CEO

The Humane Society of the United States