HELP TO END THE CAGE AGE

A petition by Compassion in World Farming has been gaining traction, with almost 50,000 signatures at the time of going to press. 100,000 are needed for the government to consider debating the issue in parliament. Currently, around 8 million UK hens live in cramped ‘enriched’ cages, while 200,000 mother pigs are confined in farrowing crates. Austria and Luxembourg are fully cage-free for laying hens, and Germany and the Czech Republic have set bans from 2026 and 2027, respectively. The EU plans ...