NEWSBYERICA MEIER

Following is a guest post from COK executive director Erica Meier. Please note that though this post focuses on what life is like for hens in battery cages (and that's where the majority of egg-laying hens experience their suffering), the pledge is to go egg-free for 30 days--because as anyone who's been reading this blog in the last several months knows, cage-free and free-range are not nearly free of cruelty. So in this final week of the industry's "Egg Month," make your compassionate pledge for the next 30 days and get your action pack from COK; you'll learn it's easy enough to kick the habit for good. -S. Ernst
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As kids, most of us probably sang along to some version of "Old MacDonald's Farm" ("...and on his farm he had some chickens...ee-i-ee-i-o..."). It's a fun song that helps children learn about different animals, but it also makes a long-lasting impression about how farmed animals are raised, so it's no surprise that as adults, we still conjure up images of these animals romping around on idyllic green pastures while happily clucking, mooing, or oinking. Little, however, could be further from the truth-and some of the worst abuses of farmed animals are taking place on today's egg factory farms.