Fw: [ivu-asia-pacific] Fw: (NZ) Campaigners Claim Victory For Hen Layer Hens

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We need this kind of support from the Govt in HK!!

 

Nikki

 

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" John Davis " <vegweb

<ivu-asia-pacific >

May 11, 2006 14:08

[ivu-asia-pacific] Fw: (NZ) Campaigners Claim Victory For Hen Layer

Hens

 

 

> > Campaigners Claim Victory For Hen Layer Hens

> >

> > All layer hens in New Zealand are likely to have a better way of life

> > after a parliamentary committee recognised that the current Code of

> > Welfare was a sham and ordered a rewrite.

> >

> > Animal Rights Legal Advocacy Network (ARLAN) complained to the

> > Regulations Review Committee that the code did not comply with the

> > Animal Welfare Act. This Act recommends that animals should be able to

> > display normal patterns of behaviour.

> >

> > The committee agreed and recommended the code be sent back to National

> > Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC), who originally wrote the

> > code.

> >

> > Campaign Against Factory Farming (CAFF) spokesperson Debra Ashton says

> > the decision by the multi-party committee is " a victory for common

> > sense and sound science " , and she hopes it will lead to a complete

> > phase out of battery hen cages.

> >

> > --

> > full story:

> > http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0605/S00085.htm

>