Lawmakers urge friendly farming environment for egg-laying hens
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Lawmakers urge friendly farming environment for egg-laying hens
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A Taiwanese nonprofit group advocating for environmental and animal rights demonstrated in Taipei yesterday to urge fast-food giant McDonald’s to stop using eggs from battery-farmed chickens.
Representatives from the Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST) dressed in chicken costumes and unfurled banners, holding placards in front of a McDonald’s outlet and calling on the fast-food chain to cease buying battery-farmed eggs and help stop the abuse of egg-laying hens.
The signs read: “McDonald’s, stop abusing hens,” with an EAST representative holding a cage with several mock chickens inside.
EAST’s campaign coincided with similar protests in South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines,