PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon made headlines at the start of the year when it became the latest of several states to implement a "cage-free" egg law, which requires all eggs produced or sold in the state to ...
Brown Leghorn and white Leghorn chickens in a cage-free aviary in Lakeview. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: As an animal welfare advocate, it is difficult for me to keep a level ...
FORRESTON, Ill. — Inside a long barn next to rolling fields, Rod Wubbena looked out over 12,000 or so brown hens scratching in the wood chips and fluttering onto perches. The chickens have always been ...