Ask your MP to help laying hens

The UK ban on the beak-trimming of egg-laying hens is under threat. The welfare of millions of hens around the UK is at stake so please help us ensure that it is not abandoned. We must urge the new coalition government to not postpone the ban on beak-trimming of laying hens.

There are around 26 million hens in the UK’s laying flock. Many of these hens will have had part of their beaks cut off shortly after hatching. This mutilation is a very painful and unnecessary solution to feather-pecking. The ban was due to come into effect on 1 January 2011, but the Government will soon make a decision on a possible postponement.

 
Please ask your MP to sign Early Day Motion 260 on the beak trimming of laying hens.

To contact your MP visit: www.writetothem.com

To find out if your MP has already signed, check here: http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=41183

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