East Bay Business Times: A 'unegg-static' group of chickens

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A 'unegg-static' group of chickens

 

East Bay Business Times - July 21, 2006

 

" East Bay Animal Advocates, a Martinez-based animal welfare group,

claims eggs sold at many grocery stores are not all they're cracked up

to be. Members of the group are lobbying customers of Andronico's

Market, the upscale 10-store regional chain based in Albany, to put

pressure on company officials to stop selling eggs laid by hens they

say are housed in small " battery cages. " The cages hold anywhere from

six to 10 birds, according to East Bay Animal Advocates spokeswoman

Christine Morrissey. She claims living conditions at egg supplier NuCal

are so confined that the birds can't even flap their wings. "

 

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