NGOs call for abolition of caged chicken farming in Zimbabwe

Source: NGOs call for abolition of caged chicken farming -Newsday Zimbabwe NON-Governmental organisations want breeding of chickens in battery cages abolished saying it is cruel and leading to the spread of zoonotic diseases. The call was made by the Africa Network for Animal Welfare, Nurture Imvelo Trust and the Open Wing Alliance. Battery cages are a housing system used primarily for egg-laying hens. The name is derived from the arrangement of rows and columns of identical cages connected in a unit, like those in an artillery battery. Speaking at a media workshop on chicken farming in Bulawayo yesterday, programme manager for Africa Network for Animal Welfare Josiah Ojwang from Kenya said caged chicken farming is a cruel practice. “This is where the media comes in because it is influential. As the media, you have a huge role to play to sensitise the public so that they rethink the issue of usage of battery cages in chicken farming. They are cruel and oppressive and keeping ...