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Article: 'Cage-free' eggs: not all they're cracked up to be?(FEATURES)(COMPASS)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 27, 2004
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Byline: Jennifer Wolcott Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
The egg has long been known as "nature's perfect food." It's versatile, convenient, cleverly packaged, and was once accepted by many vegetarians as a form of nourishment that does no harm to animals. But in recent years that reputation has been under attack.
Chickens are perhaps the least protected of farm animals. All farm animals are exempt from the federal Animal Welfare Act, but unlike other types of livestock, chickens are also exempt from individual state laws prohibiting cruelty to animals and from the federal Humane Methods of Slaughter Act.
All of which sends up red ...