Take Action: Cage Free Eggs
Just five years ago, few people knew of the suffering that egg-laying hens went through to produce eggs. In the last few years, however, students at high schools and colleges have made dramatic improvements in the lives of these chickens. Over 150 high schools and colleges have encouraged their schools to use cage-free eggs instead of eggs that come from battery caged-chickens. Battery cages allow each chicken the space of only half a sheet of printer paper where they can't spread their wings or move comfortably. While cage-free chickens still suffer for their eggs, your work to end the use of battery cages would make a huge difference for thousands of chickens.
Ideas for Action:
1. Try replacing eggs in your diet with cruelty-free alternatives (For baking, try Ener-G brand egg replacer. For scrambled eggs, look up recipes for tofu scramble...Mmm!) If you or your family still choose to eat eggs, encourage them to buy cage-free brands.
2. During Easter season, encourage people you know to use plastic eggs, instead of real ones.
3. Ask your local grocery stores, to stock cage-free eggs. Stores like Whole Foods have already switched to exclusively selling cage-free.
4. If you go to a private school, set up a meeting with the cafeteria director and ask them if they could switch to cage-free eggs in their meals. Make sure to dress nicely, be polite, and come prepared with materials to show them what egg-laying hens experience. If they tell you they need to see more interest from students, circulate a petition to your classmates, teachers, and parents. (If you do try speak with your school about going cage-free, you may want to email Josh Balk at the Humane Society at
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who helps schools do this.)
5. If you go to a public school, your cafeteria director may not be able to make the decision to switch eggs. In this case, ask them if you need to go to the school board or principal. Set up a meeting with the proper individuals and follow step 3.
To learn more information about the campaigns to help egg-laying hens, visit:
www.hsus.org/farm/camp/nbe/
www.eggindustry.com
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