24.01.2012                      29.Tewet. 5772                       Jom Kippur Katan

Umwelt:

Rights activists praise rejection of chicken coop reform

Knesset Education, Culture and Sport Committee rejects Agriculture Ministry proposal for stricter legislation on chicken battery cages.

The Knesset Education, Culture and Sport Committee on Monday rejected an Agriculture Ministry proposal for stricter legislation on chicken battery cages.
Animal rights activists praised the panel’s move.
The ministry proposal would mandate that battery cage cells be no smaller than 750 square centimeters – the minimum under European regulations – by seven years following the passage of such a reform….