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HSUS Releases Another Video
Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:54:06 CDTThe Humane Society of the United States has released video taken at Iowa egg production facilities managed by Rose Acre Farms and Rembrandt Enterprises. The video, recorded over a period of 15 days in February, shows laying hens housed in battery cages. HSUS president and chief executive officer Wayne Pacelle says the video shows hens that have become stuck in cages and unable to free themselves.
Pacelle says HSUS is not citing deliberate malice on the part of workers, supervisors or managers involved at the facilities. He says - our argument is that these systems are terribly inhumane. He points out that the U.S. egg trade association, United Egg Producers, provides production standards for the egg industry, including a requirement of 67 square inches of space per bird. The HSUS claims that birds on the Rembrandt facility receive only 52 to 54 square inches per bird.
Kevin Vinchattle, the executive director of the Iowa Egg Council and Iowa Poultry Association, says they will fully investigate these claims – they take the claims seriously. Vinchattle says they need to let both firms investigate and find out what the reality is, as he says in the past such videos have been staged. Vinchattle says, - if the video proves to be legitimate, then the problems needs to be addressed.
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