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THIS IS A BATTERY HEN
"MANY PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN TO ME ON THE SUBJECT OF HENS IN BATTERY CAGES AND VEAL CALVES IN CRATES. OF COURSE THESE SYSTEMS OF EXTREME CONFINEMENT ARE TO BE ABHORRED... HISTORY HAS REPEATEDLY SHOWN THAT WHEN MAN EXPLOITS HIS FELLOW CREATURES FOR IMMEDIATE GAIN IT REBOUNDS ON HIM EVENTUALLY AND LEADS TO SPIRITUAL POVERTY.
IN THE END, LACK OF REGARD FOR THE LIFE AND WELLBEING OF AN ANIMAL MUST BRING WITH IT A LOWERING OF MAN'S OWN SELF-RESPECT: 'INAS MUCH AS YE DO IT TO THESE THE LEAST OF MY LITTLE ONES YE DO IT UNTO ME."
Dr. Robert Runcie Archbishop of Canterbury February 1981
