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National Committee for Bird Strategy
The National Committee for Bird Strategy, consists of a group of eight societies: British Waterfowl Association, Hawk Board, National Council for Aviculture, National Pigeon Association of Great Britain, Parrot Society UK, Pet Care Trust, Poultry Club of Great Britain and World Pheasant Association. They are working towards
England's Health and Welfare Strategy for Birds' - the basis for official best-practice guidelines to be followed by fanciers.
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Battery Hen Welfare Trust
The Battery Hen Welfare Trust have rescued over 120'000 ex-battery hens. Their web site is excellent and explains a little about their work. If you possibly can, please help them achieve a better future for the 20 million battery hens currently in their cages.
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RSPCA Uncaged Eggs
The RSPCA is calling on the UK government to ban all battery cages. 20 million hens live in battery cages in this country.
Most of these battery hen eggs are hidden in pre-processed foods. You can download the RSPCA's guide to foods that are made from Free Range eggs. Everyday things like Mayonaise, Ice Cream or Cakes for example.
Don't compromise on your egg ethics, use your consumer power!
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Chicken Out Campaign
90% of chicken bought in the UK is intensively farmed. The Chicken Out! campaign started by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is demanding higher welfare for chickens.
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RSPCA - Support Welfare Friendly Chicken
The RSPCA's Support Welfare-Friendly chicken campaign - challenging Britain's supermarkets to become the first to pledge to sell only 100% welfare-friendly chicken by 2010
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Compassion in World Farming - Persuading Councils to use Cage Free Eggs
Compassion in World Farming have achieved great success in lobbying some local councils to use cage-free birds but still need further support.
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Compassion in World Farming - Eggs
Compassion in World Farming Site - Buying Free Range Eggs - The simplest thing you can do to help the hens that lay your eggs.
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Jamie Oliver's Fowl Dinners
Microsite on jamieoliver.com - part of the Jamie's fowl dinners TV programs aired in 2008.
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The Soil Association - Chickens and Turkeys
The Soil Association standards put animal welfare first. Birds labelled with the Soil Association logo (UK) are truly free-range.
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Free Range Review
Find good locally produced poultry at Free Range Review.
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Hen Keepers Association
An information network supporting those who keep poultry for pleasure about health, welfare and management issues, and campaigning on their behalf, for the vaccination of small garden flocks to protect against avian flu.
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Hen Rescue
An ex-battery hen rescue, known as "free at last", in the Bedfordshire (UK) area.
Started in Summer 2004 and has re-homed a total of 2145 hens (As of Feb 2009).
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Little Hen Rescue
Little Hen Rescue rehomes Ex-Bats but also takes any kind of poultry, if you know of any birds in need of help please contact them.
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Mother Earth News Chicken and Egg Page
Do you believe eggs from hens raised on pasture are more nutritious than eggs from confined hens on farms? Mother Earth News (US Site)does and ran an egg testing project in 2007.
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