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| HSI |
| Most egg-laying hens spend their lives in filthy factories. |
HSI's All-India Animal Compassion Movement seeks to raise awareness about the conditions under which animals in India are reared, and to empower both activists and every-day consumers to live more compassionate and sustainable lives.
The vast majority of commercial egg and meat products in India come from intensive confinement facilities that do not provide for many of the animals' most basic needs and that impose significant stress on them.
Egg-laying hens spend their lives confined in small, wire battery cages [PDF] stacked several tiers high and extending down long rows. Each cage is so cramped that the birds are unable to stretch their wings, walk, or engage in many of their natural behaviors. More than 150 million laying hens in India are confined in this manner at any given time.
In addition to animal abuse, a landmark two-year study released by the prestigious Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production concluded that intensive confinement facilities pose unacceptable risks to public health and the environment. Other studies have shown that the crowded, stressful and unsanitary conditions typical of these facilities are ripe for the development of disease, including avian influenza ("bird flu").
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| The HSUS |
| Animals raised for food deserve respect and compassion. |
View photographs of egg-production facilities in India, then learn more about HSI's campaign to end battery cage use. Find out what you can do to improve the welfare of animals raised for food in India. Be a part of the All-India Animal Compassion Movement.
