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Battery chickens

Sorry for straying. Here is BBC story on battery hens:

Whilst the Chicken Run chooks dug, catapulted and eventually flew to their freedom, battery chickens across the South West are being liberated by one woman determined to see them end their days in freedom.

When Jane Howorth and her husband relocated to Devon they planned to make the most of the outdoors by keeping a handful of chickens.

But what began as a hobby, rapidly turned into a mission - a rescue mission.

“I went to a battery farm intending to get a dozen,” explains Jane. “I was so appalled by the conditions, I came home with three times the amount.”

Overnight Jane became a campaigner for chicken welfare and her house became home for hundreds of battery hens.

Inside Out joins Jane, her husband and a team of volunteers as they prepare for their biggest challenge yet - the re-homing of 1,600 battery hens.

Twenty-four million chickens are currently battery farmed in Britain ensuring the low prices of eggs and chicken products.

In small cages not large enough to turn around, thousands of chickens endure the monotony of life spent eating and laying.

Once past their laying prime - the abattoir awaits.

Whilst it is easy to lay the blame with the farmers, Jane insists that they ‘are only supplying a demand for cheap eggs’.

“At one end it’s the politicians who regulate the system,” explains Jane. “At the other end of the scale, it’s actually the consumer who purchases the products.”