POULTRY REVIEW SUBMISSION

Last chance to make a submission to free hens from battery cages once and for all.

 

To the Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines review,

I write to ask that the Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry be amended to include a nationwide ban of battery cages and cruel farming practices including but not limited to debeaking, forced moulting, and food and water deprivation.  It is unacceptable that these animals have been condemned to a life of cruelty and exploitation just for the production of cheap eggs.  

The Australian public refuses to allow these cruelties to continue and it is time that the standards reflect that.  

Good animal welfare is a combination of physical and mental wellbeing and natural living. None of these are currently being granted to egg-laying hens. They need space to move, nest and behave naturally. 

So I ask you, please join the ACT, Europe, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada in banning the battery cage, debeaking and other cruel farming methods and help improve the lives of millions of hens all around Australia.

Kind regards,

 

Who's signing

John Elliot
Darren Spencer
Faye Lake
Miriam Martin
Robert Shield
Joanne Ward
Gary Skinner
Kristiann Coveney
Terence Lee
Megan Ash
Linda Campione
Kelly Dobson
Catherine Gilchrist
Corbet Stain
Andree Mocsari
Stephen Bradford
Merrilee McGee
Michael Bremer
Maria Visconti-Sarv
Kay Cambourn
Dawne Yule
Beverley Maunsell
Lindsay Johnston
Kim Salisbury
Annarosa Berman
Gail Morgan
Foong Ti
Maria Byrne
Julian Dresser
Celia Barnett-Chu
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  • John Elliot
    signed 2018-01-18 22:15:54 +1100
    It would be so easy to end this barbaric practice within a few months.
  • Darren Spencer
    signed via 2018-01-18 21:29:10 +1100
  • Faye Lake
    signed 2018-01-18 21:14:19 +1100
  • Miriam Martin
    signed 2018-01-18 21:05:19 +1100
  • Robert Shield
    signed 2018-01-18 20:56:56 +1100
  • Joanne Ward
    signed 2018-01-18 20:50:47 +1100
  • Gary Skinner
    signed 2018-01-18 20:45:55 +1100
  • Kristiann Coveney
    signed 2018-01-18 20:44:07 +1100
  • Terence Lee
    signed 2018-01-18 20:40:36 +1100
  • Megan Ash
    signed 2018-01-18 20:14:59 +1100
  • Linda Campione
    signed via 2018-01-18 20:08:00 +1100
  • Kelly Dobson
    signed 2018-01-18 20:05:10 +1100
  • Catherine Gilchrist
    signed 2018-01-18 19:58:21 +1100
  • Corbet Stain
    signed 2018-01-18 19:49:23 +1100
  • Andree Mocsari
    signed 2018-01-18 19:31:00 +1100
  • Stephen Bradford
    signed 2018-01-18 19:28:05 +1100
    Australia needs more humane farming practises
  • Merrilee McGee
    signed 2018-01-18 19:23:50 +1100
  • Michael Bremer
    signed 2018-01-18 19:22:03 +1100
  • Maria Visconti-Sarv
    signed 2018-01-18 19:14:20 +1100
  • Kay Cambourn
    signed 2018-01-18 19:09:34 +1100
    We are teaching ethics in schools yet our society treats animals in a highly unethical manner. There is no justification for the harm they suffer.
  • Dawne Yule
    signed 2018-01-18 18:54:11 +1100
  • Beverley Maunsell
    signed 2018-01-18 18:51:58 +1100
  • Lindsay Johnston
    signed 2018-01-18 18:50:33 +1100
  • Kim Salisbury
    signed 2018-01-18 18:41:04 +1100
  • Annarosa Berman
    signed 2018-01-18 18:39:16 +1100
    Subjecting hens to living conditions that have been banned in many developed nations, for the sake of cheap eggs, is unacceptable, especially in a rich, developed nation. Please amend the Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry to include a nationwide ban of battery cages. Thank you.
  • Gail Morgan
    signed 2018-01-18 18:36:30 +1100
    Cruelty is simply bad practice that impacts on the food chain as animals are fed drugs and artificial lighting and are modified physically to produce flavourless and nutritionally compromised product – it is bad for them and us
  • Foong Ti
    signed 2018-01-18 18:36:02 +1100
  • Maria Byrne
    signed 2018-01-18 18:30:37 +1100
  • Julian Dresser
    signed 2018-01-18 18:30:06 +1100
  • Celia Barnett-Chu
    signed 2018-01-18 18:27:11 +1100