Aims
The aim of the charity is to reduce consumer demand for battery (factory farmed) eggs whilst promoting British farmers using welfare-friendly systems.
This also includes educating consumers on the foods in which factory-farmed eggs are used that are perhaps not quite as obvious. For example:
Cake
Pasta
Chocolates (fondant filled)
Quiche
Ready made Yorkshire Puddings
Ready made Pancakes
Biscuits
Ready meals (TV dinners)
Noodles
Approximately 65% of UK battery eggs are used by food manufacturers.
The Trust is unique in that it seeks to work with farmers instead of condemning them. It does not concur with any extremist views or tactics and is not associated with any other organisation or group linked in any way to battery hens.
The BHWT rescues ex-battery hens and rehomes thousands of them every year. To date, over 300,000 ex-battery hens have been rehomed through the Trust, however any hens that are too ill to be rehomed, remain at the Trust's headquarters in Devon as permanent residents. The majority of the hens are re-homed on the day they are rescued for two reasons: so that they can settle into their new home as soon as possible and more importantly so that the rescued hen can act as an ambassador for the ones left behind. The Trust says that there is no better education than watching an ex-battery hen's confusion and bewilderment turn into wonderment at their new environment.
Read more about this topic: Battery Hen Welfare Trust
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