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

Jane Pinkerton
Isobel Bishop
Marisa Broome
Chantal Mahoney
Anne McKeon
Susan Wratten
Zoe Humphreys
Erica Harrington
Helen Johnson
Nicola McDougall
Lauren Ryan
Victoria Matthews
Marg Haenke
Natalie Rice
Kathleen Herbert
Sarah Haid
Ruth Jancovich
Kim Jeanneret
Margarita Krasteva
Linda Boettcher
Lynn Patterson
Jocelyn Morris
Linda Barry
Simone Meskauskas
Donata Fiori
Peter Flaherty
Miranda Coulson
Diane Davies
David Pace
Suzanne Dwyer
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  • Jane Pinkerton
    signed 2018-02-23 16:13:05 +1100
  • Isobel Bishop
    signed 2018-02-23 16:12:30 +1100
  • Marisa Broome
    signed 2018-02-23 16:12:18 +1100
  • Chantal Mahoney
    signed 2018-02-23 16:11:59 +1100
  • Anne McKeon
    signed 2018-02-23 16:11:27 +1100
    Anne Catherine McKeon
  • Susan Wratten
    signed 2018-02-23 16:10:34 +1100
  • Zoe Humphreys
    signed 2018-02-23 16:07:35 +1100
  • Erica Harrington
    signed 2018-02-23 16:07:11 +1100
  • Helen Johnson
    signed 2018-02-23 16:06:57 +1100
  • Nicola McDougall
    signed 2018-02-23 16:06:26 +1100
  • Lauren Ryan
    signed 2018-02-23 16:06:13 +1100
  • Victoria Matthews
    signed 2018-02-23 16:06:07 +1100
    I have been to egg farms and even despite a farmers best efforts it is a hot, stinky, deafening environment inside the barns, let alone being confined to a small space inside that environment. It is unnecessary and cruel treatment of animals in my experience.
  • Marg Haenke
    signed 2018-02-23 16:05:24 +1100
  • Natalie Rice
    signed 2018-02-23 16:05:00 +1100
  • Kathleen Herbert
    signed 2018-02-23 16:04:56 +1100
  • Sarah Haid
    signed 2018-02-23 16:04:49 +1100
  • Ruth Jancovich
    signed 2018-02-23 16:04:42 +1100
  • Kim Jeanneret
    signed 2018-02-23 16:04:40 +1100
  • Margarita Krasteva
    signed 2018-02-23 16:04:32 +1100
    Margarita Krasteva
  • Linda Boettcher
    signed 2018-02-23 16:02:54 +1100
  • Lynn Patterson
    signed 2018-02-23 16:02:52 +1100
  • Jocelyn Morris
    signed 2018-02-23 16:02:30 +1100
    Jocelyn Morris
  • Linda Barry
    signed 2018-02-23 16:02:25 +1100
    Linda
  • Simone Meskauskas
    signed 2018-02-23 16:02:13 +1100
  • Donata Fiori
    signed 2018-02-23 11:42:15 +1100
    Donata Fiori
  • Peter Flaherty
    signed 2018-02-21 13:33:44 +1100
    Having studied Agriculture & Animal Husbandtry, I have viewed these cages in the Bellingen district, they are confined, cruel, stink, & a classic example of cruellity to animals, I vomited from the site &smell, its nothing short of criminal.
  • Miranda Coulson
    signed 2018-02-20 18:51:43 +1100
    Miranda Coulson
  • Diane Davies
    signed 2018-02-20 09:44:43 +1100
  • David Pace
    signed 2018-02-20 08:41:26 +1100
    I grew up with my dad having 5-8 hens moving around as they liked in a large backyard in SW Sydney. I find it disturbing to see caged hens.
  • Suzanne Dwyer
    signed 2018-02-19 20:22:26 +1100
    Suzanne Dwyer