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Two Egg Scandals in One Week in Western Australia

News / Two Egg Scandals in One Week in Western Australia

More and more compassionate Australians are aware of the cruel reality behind egg production and turning to plant-based alternatives to eggs. So consumer outrage is hitting boiling point in Western Australia after two egg producers made headlines for abusing chickens in the same week.

 

Federal Court Condemns ‘Free Range’ Egg Producers

On 18 May, it was reported that the Federal Court found Snowdale Holdings – one of Australia’s biggest egg producers and one of Western Australia’s largest supermarket suppliers – guilty of mislabelling eggs as “free range”.

Perth-based egg producer Snowdale Holdings misled consumers in claiming its products were free range, a court has found.FULL STORY: http://yhoo.it/24YVIcD

Posted by The West Australian on Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Greens animal-welfare spokesperson Lynn MacLaren stated:

It was alleged that Snowdale Holdings housed more than 100 times the number of hens per hectare than the 1500 recommended by CSIRO animal welfare guidelines.

Despite this, the company continued to label many of its eggs “free range”.

A Sun City News investigation in 2014 found “thousands of dead chooks, discarded eggs, tonnes of dumped chicken manure plus hundreds more chooks that appear to be in very poor condition.”

 

Live Chickens Discarded Like Rubbish

Just days after the guilty verdict was handed down to Snowdale Holdings, this shocking video exposed another Western Australia egg producer – Forrestdale Farm Fresh Eggs – throwing live chickens into a skip:

7 News

The RSPCA are investigating a Forrestdale egg supplier after workers allegedly threw live chickens in a skip bin.NEWS | www.7News.com.au#7News

Posted by 7NEWS Perth on Tuesday, May 24, 2016

An RSPCA spokesperson confirmed that an investigation into this facility is now underway.

 

Not Isolated Incidents

Unfortunately, treating live chickens like rubbish is par for the course in the egg industry. On many egg farms like the one at Forrestdale, hens are crammed into filthy, stinking sheds with thousands of other chickens, only to be killed when they are about 2 years old.

Egg-laying chickens

Hens often still have parts of their sensitive beaks cut off with a hot blade, and male chicks are suffocated to death or ground up alive because they are of no use to the egg industry.

The dumpster shown in the video probably provided the birds with the most space they’ve had during their whole lives and was likely the first place many were able to spread their wings, or what was left of them.


The only way to ensure we’re not supporting this kind of abuse is simply not to purchase eggs. Not only is the egg industry bad news for chickens, it’s also bad news for our health.

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