Tasmania to phase out cage hens and sow stalls
The Tasmanian Government has announced it will phase out cage egg production, and speed up the phase out of sow stalls at piggeries (from 2017 to mid-2013). No new cage egg farms will be allowed in the State, and a range of actions will be explored in a bid to increase non-cage egg production and phase out battery hen operations. The European Union banned battery hens at the start of this year. [source]