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Cruel Conditions for Hens on Battery Cage Egg Farms Are Making Headlines

A growing number of Americans are learning about the cruel conditions on egg factory farms from reports in newspapers as well as on local television stations.

Below are links to some of this media coverage.

• "Egg Industry Faces New Scrutiny After Outbreak"   
  New York Times
  August 24, 2010

• "Egg Recall Exposes Gaps in Federal Oversight"   
  FoxNews.com
  August 23, 2010

• "Congress probing egg recall, DeCoster farms"   
  DesMoines Register
  August 22, 2010

• "A supplier in egg recall has history of violations"   
  Associated Press
  August 22, 2010

• "Before salmonella outbreak, egg firm had long record of violations"   
  Washington Post
  August 22, 2010

• "Are Cages to Blame for Egg Recall?"   
  CNN – Jane Velez Mitchell Show
  August 20, 2010

• "Egg Recall Linked Salmonella Grows"   
  ABC World News
  August 20, 2010

• "Egg Recall Expanded After Salmonella Outbreak"   
  New York Times
  August 19, 2010

• "New Documents Boost Egg-Price Fixing Lawsuit Claim"   
  Associated Press
  April 12, 2010

• "Humane Society Finds Abuse by US Egg Producers"
  Reuters
  April 7, 2010

• Video Shows Chicks Ground Up Alive at Iowa Egg Hatchery
  Associated Press
  September 1, 2009

• "Unscrambling National Egg Month with vegan recipes"
  DC Examiner
  May 1, 2009
  
  
• "Easter eggs aren’t all they’re cracked up to be"
  DC Examiner
  April 7, 2009
  
  
• "Team 5 Investigates Chicken Farm Abuse"
  WCVB-TV
  April 2, 2009
  
  
• "State executes search warrant at Turner egg farmer"
  The Sun Journal
  April 1, 2009

• "Measure to provide better treatment of farm animals passes"
  The Los Angeles Times
  November 5, 2008

• "Prop 2: the humane thing to do"
  The Los Angeles Times
  October 28, 2008
  
  
• "Voters to Decide Whether Animals Need More Space"
  The Washington Post
  October 26, 2008
  
  
• "A California Ballot Measure Offers Rights for Farm Animals"
  The New York Times
  October 23, 2008
  
  
• "Footage of mistreated hens released in support of Proposition 2"
  The Los Angeles Times
  October 14, 2008
  
  
• "Animal rights group uses undercover video to push for probe of poultry firm"
  Los Angeles Times
  May 6, 2008
  
  
• "Animal-rights group to release video of Merced County egg farm"
  Merced Sun-Star
  May 6, 2008
  
  
• "Activists release video of chickens abused at Calif. Farm"
  Associated Press
  May 6, 2008
  
  
• "Abuse on the egg farm"
  ABC7 News in California
  May 5, 2008
  
  
• "Hen cage ballot measure going to voters"
  Modesto Bee
  April 11, 2008
  
  
• "Animal rights fight to ballot"
  Sacramento Bee
  April 10, 2008
  
  
• "Seven or more eggs a week raises risk of death"
  Reuters
  April 9, 2008
  
  
• "Animal Rights Groups Sues Egg Producer, Trade Group over Logo"
  Associated Press
  February 20, 2008
  
  
• “SC monks to end egg farm after animal-rights group criticism”
  WIS (Columbia, S.C.)
  December 19, 2007
  
  
• "Consumers Deserve Truth on Caged Vs. Free Hens"
  Syracuse Post-Standard
  May 18, 2007
  
  
• “Egg Industry Comes Under Fire Again”
  Joplin Independent
  March 21, 2007
  
  
• “Farm Goes on Defense”
  The Intelligencer Journal
  March 3, 2007
  
  
• “Mount Joy Egg-Farm Cruelty Case Resumes”
  The Intelligencer Journal
  March 2, 2007
  
  
• “Egg Industry to Drop Logo”
  Associated Press
  September 21, 2006
  
  
• “Egg Industry Settles Hen Care Dispute”
  Pacific Business News
  September 21, 2006
  
  
• “Animal Cruelty Charges Come Home To Roost”
  Lancaster Sunday News
  August 13, 2006
  
  
• “Settlement Eyed in Egg Farm Case”
  Intelligencer Journal
  August 8, 2006
  
  
• “Egg-Farm Cruelty Case Ends with Lawyers Seeking Deal”
  Associated Press
  August 7, 2006
  
  
• “Professor: Egg Farm Had Deteriorating Cages, Neglected Birds”
  Associated Press
  August 7, 2006
  
  
• “1 charge Dropped in Egg-Farm Cruelty Case”
  Lancaster New Era
  August 7, 2006
  
  
• “Animal Cruelty Trial”
  CBS-21, WHP in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  August 7, 2006
  
  
• “Chicken Farm Owner, Manager Face Cruelty Charges”
  NBC-8, WGAL in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  August 7, 2006
  
  
• "Humane Society Tags Michael Foods Egg Farm"
  Lincoln Journal Star
  June 13, 2006
  
  
• "Wakefield Egg Company Comes Under Scrutiny of Humane Society"
  CBS-14, KMEG in Souix City, Iowa
  June 13, 2006
  
  
• "Hen Activist Says the War on Cages Will Go On"
  New York Times
  May 7, 2006
  
  
• "Egg Farm Filmer Acquitted of Burglary"
  Associated Press
  May 4, 2006
  
  
• "Egg Farm Cruelty Charges"
  CBS-21, WHP in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  April 19, 2006
  
  
• "Egg Plant Loses Bid to Suppress Animal Activist's Evidence"
  Associated Press
  April 18, 2006
  
  
• "Cage-Free Is Closer to Ruling the Roost"
  USA Today
  April 11, 2006
  
  
• "Controversy Hatching over Wegman's Egg Farm"
  Buffalo News
  April 9, 2006
  
  
• "Humane Society Sues Over Tax Break for Poultry Industry"
  San Francisco Chronicle
  February 2, 2006
  
  
• "New Target in Battery Cage Chicken Crusade"
  ABC-7, KGO TV in San Francisco, California
  February 1, 2006
  
  
• "Senator Wants to Give Hens Living Room"
  The New Journal
  January 31, 2006
  
  
• "Graphic Undercover Video Leads to Animal Cruelty Charges"
  NBC-8, WGAL in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  January 11, 2006
  
  
• "Animal Cruelty Charges"
  CBS-21, WHP in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  January 11, 2006
  
  
• "Egg Farm Hit with Cruelty Charges"
  Associated Press
  January 11, 2006
  
  
• "Lancaster County Egg Farm is Cited for Animal Cruelty"
  The Philadelphia Inquirer
  January 10, 2006
  
  
• "Trader Joe's Makes Change to Egg Policy"
  ABC-7, KGO TV in San Francisco, California
  November 8, 2005
  
  
• "Egg Producers Agree on New Logo"
  The Baltimore Sun
  October 6, 2005
  
  
• "Egg Producers Relent on Industry Seal"
  The New York Times
  October 4, 2005
  
  
• "Egg Label Changed After Md. Group Complains"
  The Washington Post
  October 4, 2005
  
  
• "Egg Producers Group Agrees To Alter Logo, Settling Complaint"
  The Des Moines Register
  October 4, 2005
  
  
• "Egg Industry Replaces Debated Logo"
  USA Today
  October 4, 2005
  
  
• "Advocates Challenge Humane-Care Label on Md. Eggs"
  The Washington Post
  September 19, 2005
  
  
• "Activists Say Tape Proves Cruelty at Ohio Egg Farm"
  The Toledo Blade
  February 7, 2005