Missouri is challenging California's requirements on cage size for chickens.

[newfoundland]

Totally and absolutely agree with the post above!!!

 

[Moochie]

I think hens living out their life in small cages is the equivalent of young children being used for 16 hour shifts in sweat shops.
We see upstanding moral people take responsibility for their animals who can't voice their concerns and are relatively too dumb to know their lives could be a bit better.

But we continue to have those people who think it's fine to keep chickens in small cages never seeing the outside, never picking at the ground, never finding a bug to eat. There is not a whole lot a chicken asks for in their very short life. We are the only species of animal out there that feels empathy. There are just darn too many humans out there that prefer the almighty buck to having any feelings at all. And it's not just chickens, but in this thread it's only chickens.

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[hemet dennis]

I think hens living out their life in small cages is the equivalent of young children being used for 16 hour shifts in sweat shops.
We see upstanding moral people take responsibility for their animals who can't voice their concerns and are relatively too dumb to know their lives could be a bit better.

But we continue to have those people who think it's fine to keep chickens in small cages never seeing the outside, never picking at the ground, never finding a bug to eat. There is not a whole lot a chicken asks for in their very short life. We are the only species of animal out there that feels empathy. There are just darn too many humans out there that prefer the almighty buck to having any feelings at all. And it's not just chickens, but in this thread it's only chickens.

And the Calif. law does nothing to change any of that. Making the cages a little bigger is still what most of you would think as a transport cage, and none of you would house your chickens in them.

 

[seminolewind]

I agree. it's a sad world. Especially for the lives of dumb animals .

 

[WYNot]

And in the end this is nothing more than the government of California acting to protect a local special interest. It is NOT about the welfare of chickens or the people. It is pandering to a few special interests. If the PEOPLE of California wish to see such nonsense enacted, then let them vote with their wallets every time they go to the grocery by simply refusing to buy eggs and other produce that is not produced in conditions they approve of. In the end it will simply reduce options for the people of California and force them to pay more for the products they want. It is all about the money and local producers using force of government to protect their market share.