FIVE animal rights activists imitated caged battery hens on Warrnambool's Civic Green for six hours yesterday.

The protesters, representing animal protection groups Voiceless and Animal Liberation New South Wales, took a stand to show the conditions they said the birds were kept in.

Co-ordinator Drew Fryer said by putting the conditions in perspective, people were given the opportunity to see and feel what it was like to be a battery hen.

``Codes of practice allow each hen 550cm squared cages, which equates to three quarters of the size of an A4 piece of paper,'' Mr Fryer said.

``These birds spend their whole lives in theses cages. They can't even spread their wings.''
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``People actually get the chance to see what it feel like to be hen.''

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