Battery Hens
Australia is home to over ten million egg-laying hens, 90% of whom are held in battery cages.
Battery hens live in a space smaller than a sheet of A4 paper, restricting any freedom to express natural behaviours.
Numerous European countries – including Germany, Austria and Sweden – have banned battery cages, and the EU has a total ban set for 2012.
Unfortunately, Australian politicians have not followed this global shift.