Taking Action

Lending a Hand to Egg-Laying Hens

Choose Egg-Free Foods: The best way each of us can help egg-laying hens is to leave their eggs out of our shopping carts.

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Urge the FDA to Require Full Disclosure on Cartons: Animal welfare claims on egg cartons are currently unregulated in the U.S., and as a result, misleading packaging is rampant. Please write a letter in support of a petition filed with the FDA seeking to mandate egg production labels on egg cartons sold nationwide (i.e. "Eggs from Caged Hens") to help protect consumers and hens.

Help Expose the Hard-Boiled Truth: Educate others and encourage them to take action by distributing our new Egg Carton flyer in your community!

Write a Letter: Please urge your legislators to ban the use of barren battery cages. Welfare concerns have already prompted the European Union to phase out the use of conventional battery cages by 2012. The U.S. should do the same. Contact your representatives and let them know that it's time to ease the suffering of laying hens. Read COK's report, Animal Suffering in the Egg Industry, to learn more about the inherent cruelties of the battery cage system.

Tell Your Friends and Family: Let others know about the miseries endured by egg-laying hens and how they can help—send them a link to this site.