NGO lobbies against poultry caging

ANIMAL rights lobby group, Nurture Imvelo Trust has upped its campaign for the eradication of battery cages in poultry production describing the practice as a gross violation of animal rights.

Speaking during a field day at Esigodini Agricultural College, the trust’s director Sanele Ndlovu said farmers should value animal welfare and treat their livestock in a humane manner.

“Human beings are dependent on animal products for survival as they get food and medicine from them and mostly animal and animal by-products contribute to every country’s GDP and treating our animals in the most humane manner also guarantees reduction in human-animal interference and transmission of zoonotic diseases such as the avian flu,” Ndlovu said.

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