For Immediate Release
April 5, 2010
72 Hens Liberated by Animal Liberation Front
Delivered to Homes from Conditions of Abuse at Shepherd's Egg Farm in Utah
Spanish Fork, UT: In an anonymous communique received by the Press Office
yesterday, the Animal Liberation Front claims to have liberated 72 hens from
conditions of abuse at Shepherd's Egg Farm near Spanish Fork, Utah.
The anonymous communique reads:
"In the late hours of April 1st and the early morning of April 2nd our cell
liberated 72 hens from Shepherds Egg Farm near Spanish Fork, Utah. The hens are
now being transferred to a better place. - The Animal Liberation Front"
According to Bruce Friedrich, who lectured the day after the raid at a Utah
Valley University conference on animal ethics: The worst industry regarding
animal welfare is the egg industry. Hens are crammed into tiny cages that are
stacked on top of each other. The birds can't even spread a single wing in these
cages for their entire lives. To keep the birds from pecking at each other in
the cages, the egg industry cuts off the tips of birds' sensitive beaks. After
two horrific years, the birds who have survived are yanked out of the crates,
trucked to a slaughterhouse, and slammed upside-down into shackles to have their
throats slit. Their bodies are too beaten up to be sold as regular chicken
flesh; they are turned into pet food or chicken soup instead. And have you ever
wondered what happens to male chicks on egg factory farms? They don't lay eggs,
and they are too small to be used for meat, so they are generally tossed into a
high-speed grinder while still conscious.
Chickens are naturally inquisitive and would normally spend their lives actively
dust- and sunbathing, digging in the underbrush, building nests, playing with
their chicks, and so on. Congratulations to the brave activists who provided 72
intelligent beings with a chance to live out their lives in peace and comfort.
Contact: (818) 227-5022
Animal Liberation Press Office
6320 Canoga Avenue #1500
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
www.animalliberationpressoffice.org
press@animalliberationpressoffice.org
