Activists seek to make all hens in California cage-free

Animal welfare activists, led by the Humane Society of the United States, have filed papers in California to introduce an initiative that would make all eggs cage-free in the state by 2022. The initiative comes nine years after 63.5 percent of voters passed Proposition 2, mandating that hens have 116 square inches of space. The… » Read More

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