Support the EU Ban on Battery Cages
Target:
The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
Sponsored by:
We, the undersigned, call upon the Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to show support for the EU Ban on Battery Cages (Laying Hens Directive 1999/74/EC) within the European Parliament to ensure that the ban comes into force by 2012 as promised. The welfare of over 200 million egg-laying hens in the EU is severely compromised by conditions in the modern barren battery cage system and any further delay in the move to alternative systems would be unacceptable.
We, the undersigned, call upon the Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to show support for the EU Ban on Battery Cages (Laying Hens Directive 1999/74/EC) within the European Parliament to ensure that the ban comes into force by 2012 as promised. The welfare of over 200 million egg-laying hens in the EU is severely compromised by conditions in the modern barren battery cage system and any further delay in the move to alternative systems would be unacceptable.
We signed the "Support the EU Ban on Battery Cages" petition!
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12:55 am PDT, Apr 24,
CHANTELLE KEEBLE, United Kingdom
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1:23 pm PDT, Apr 22,
Charlene Seed, United Kingdom
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6:27 am PDT, Apr 21,
Joanna Rose, United Kingdom
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4:32 am PDT, Apr 21,
Ross Keeble, United Kingdom
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10:18 am PDT, Apr 20,
Valerie Blissett, United Kingdom
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1:43 am PDT, Apr 20,
Julie Nunn, United Kingdom
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall proved the point.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall proved the point.
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6:01 am PDT, Apr 19,
Ann Mulvany, United Kingdom
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Barrie Wheatley, United Kingdom
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11:48 am PDT, Apr 17,
ALEXANDRA BURTON-KEEBLE, United Kingdom
Please stop this unnecessary cruelty.
Please stop this unnecessary cruelty.
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2:10 am PDT, Apr 15,
Lian Coulbert, United Kingdom
This has got to stop
This has got to stop
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1:07 am PDT, Apr 15,
Cassandra Gibbs, United Kingdom
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3:13 am PDT, Apr 13,
David Rolfe, United Kingdom
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10:18 am PDT, Apr 12,
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2:00 am PDT, Apr 12,
Momo Chan, Singapore
Please end their suffering NOW!
Please end their suffering NOW!
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4:15 pm PDT, Apr 10,
Ian Templeton, United Kingdom
No excuses anymore. The EU doesn't do enough when it can and should but gets involved when it shouldn't. Let free range eggs be the precedent for making ALL produce organic.
No excuses anymore. The EU doesn't do enough when it can and should but gets involved when it shouldn't. Let free range eggs be the precedent for making ALL produce organic.
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9:53 pm PDT, Apr 9,
Esteban Rocha, Colombia
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1:16 pm PDT, Apr 8,
Rosie Allen, United Kingdom
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3:41 am PDT, Apr 8,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
I don't buy anything other than free-range eggs, and I'd be extremely pleased to take the choice of battery farmed eggs taken away from the barbaric and ignorant.
I don't buy anything other than free-range eggs, and I'd be extremely pleased to take the choice of battery farmed eggs taken away from the barbaric and ignorant.
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4:08 am PDT, Apr 7,
Lauren Dainty, United Kingdom
This is inhumane and unexceptable, its disgusting the way some people treat living animals just to make an extra buck.
This is inhumane and unexceptable, its disgusting the way some people treat living animals just to make an extra buck.
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3:00 pm PDT, Apr 6,
Kerri-Ann Wood, United Kingdom
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Marni Leonard, United Kingdom
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3:34 am PDT, Apr 6,
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2:28 pm PDT, Apr 4,
Kathy Hughes, United Kingdom
This is a totally unneccesary barbaric treatment of hens please stop.
This is a totally unneccesary barbaric treatment of hens please stop.
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6:34 am PDT, Apr 4,
Steve Erlsten, Florida
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6:14 am PDT, Apr 4,
Claire Thurston, United Kingdom
There is absolutely no need for battery chickens, birds are the easiest animals in the world to give a good life for the minimum of expenditure, have a heart.
There is absolutely no need for battery chickens, birds are the easiest animals in the world to give a good life for the minimum of expenditure, have a heart.
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5:17 pm PDT, Apr 2,
Jillyanne Michelle Cape, Missouri
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3:34 am PDT, Apr 2,
Adam Greenwood, United Kingdom
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2:44 am PDT, Apr 2,
Theresa Marie Waters, United Kingdom
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11:34 am PDT, Apr 1,
Nicola Smith, United Kingdom
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7:38 pm PDT, Mar 30,
Sonia Mangiapane, Australia
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3:38 am PDT, Mar 29,
Karen Snell, United Kingdom
Let the suffering stop! bring back good old fashioned free range farming
Let the suffering stop! bring back good old fashioned free range farming
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5:41 am PDT, Mar 27,
Erika Gray, United Kingdom
Time for a change - Go Cage Free
Time for a change - Go Cage Free
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9:03 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Natalie Santiago, Puerto Rico
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2:31 am PDT, Mar 26,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
The injustice and cruelty of these cages have been known for long enough, it is now time to put compassion before capitalism, the money saved in the long run could be phenominal. And in the end - don't free range eggs, and hens, taste better for that little extra that you pay for them.
The injustice and cruelty of these cages have been known for long enough, it is now time to put compassion before capitalism, the money saved in the long run could be phenominal. And in the end - don't free range eggs, and hens, taste better for that little extra that you pay for them.
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2:51 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Felicity Wood, United Kingdom
please stop the torture of these hens!!!
please stop the torture of these hens!!!
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1:25 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Paul Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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12:24 pm PDT, Mar 23,
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9:14 am PDT, Mar 23,
Richard Woodger, United Kingdom
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5:26 am PDT, Mar 22,
Astrid Hojlund, United Kingdom
Please help put an end to this, and other, cruel and out-dated types of farming immediately.
Please help put an end to this, and other, cruel and out-dated types of farming immediately.
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5:09 am PDT, Mar 20,
Dominika Wiacek, Spain
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Gabrielle Bertrand, France
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4:21 pm PDT, Mar 19,
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1:23 pm PDT, Mar 19,
Dawn Levitt, United Kingdom
HOW do the battery hen FARMERS sleep at night MONEY grabbers
HOW do the battery hen FARMERS sleep at night MONEY grabbers
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1:58 am PDT, Mar 19,
Val McManus, United Kingdom
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2:36 pm PDT, Mar 18,
Linda Fernandez, United Kingdom
Please help those animals. They ask nothing from us and we torture them as long as they are alive. This is wrong. They have physical and emotional senses. They are living creatures. You can change things if you really want to. I hope you want to. Thank you.
Please help those animals. They ask nothing from us and we torture them as long as they are alive. This is wrong. They have physical and emotional senses. They are living creatures. You can change things if you really want to. I hope you want to. Thank you.
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2:11 pm PDT, Mar 18,
Joanna Newson, United Kingdom
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1:14 pm PDT, Mar 18,
MARY WHEEER, United Kingdom
THIS IS DISGRACEFUL ITS CRUEL TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE, CAUSING SUFFERING TO THE BIRDS AND SHOULD BE STOPPED AT ANY COST.
THIS IS DISGRACEFUL ITS CRUEL TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE, CAUSING SUFFERING TO THE BIRDS AND SHOULD BE STOPPED AT ANY COST.
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4:18 am PDT, Mar 18,
Charankamal Singh Boparai, United Kingdom
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Joanne Thornton, United Kingdom
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Tammy Wright, United Kingdom
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Heba Mahmoud, Egypt
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3:23 am PDT, Mar 17,
Vivien De Boer-Harm, Belgium
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1:51 pm PDT, Mar 16,
Jane Swann, United Kingdom
For more impact, add a personal comment here
For more impact, add a personal comment here
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Andy Horne, United Kingdom
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Theresa O'Connor, United Kingdom
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Sophie Ivil, United Kingdom
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James Rowe, France
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10:52 am PDT, Mar 15,
Yssanne Bentley, United Kingdom
disgraceful!! esp when it so much easier and nicer to keep them free range!!
disgraceful!! esp when it so much easier and nicer to keep them free range!!
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8:11 am PDT, Mar 15,
Debbie Watson, United Kingdom
The ultimate would be if everyone just became vegan, but until that day comes then this horiffic practise should be made illegal. Just another horror in the endless list of cruelties that the human race inflict upon animals, no species is safe from our arrogant greedy perverted sense of superiority.
The ultimate would be if everyone just became vegan, but until that day comes then this horiffic practise should be made illegal. Just another horror in the endless list of cruelties that the human race inflict upon animals, no species is safe from our arrogant greedy perverted sense of superiority.
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2:44 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
It's easy to make a difference, if we all make a little effort.
It's easy to make a difference, if we all make a little effort.
