"Cheri" > wrote in message
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>>> http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1.../p2p-82389362/
>>
>> Good for Walmart, but what about the law. It isn't illegal to keep all
>> those hens in those cages?
>
> I don't know what you mean about Walmart, but the law went into effect in
> CA on January 1. 2015, and it applies to eggs that are sold in CA too.

Ahh excellent! My comment about Walmart was because in searching through
the LATimes site you posted, it was the only comment I could find about
chickens.



> "Next month, all of California's 15 million egg-laying hens must be freed
> from the cramped, restrictive battery cages that have long been used on
> most egg farms. In the future, they will have enough space to stand up,
> lie down, turn around, and spread their wings without touching another
> bird.
>
> Though they are no doubt unaware of it, they have waited more than six
> years and four lawsuits for the extra space. Proposition 2, which passed
> in 2008 by a landslide 63.5% of the vote, also covers gestating pigs and
> veal calves, but there are few pig and veal operations in the state, so
> the law's biggest effect is on the hens. A separate law requires all
> out-of-state egg producers that sell to California (which gets about a
> third of its eggs from farmers outside the state) to comply with the same
> housing standards for hens."

You must be very pleased That is very good news.



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