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July, 2008
Launceston
City Council urged to go ‘free range’
Biggest Council in northern Tasmania to debate motion
Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania
(AACT) and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
will at 12:30p.m. today outside the Launceston Town Hall be urging Launceston
City Council Aldermen to support a motion to be debated on Monday 21st July
2008 to write to all of its caterers asking that they only use free range
eggs. The protestors will be unfurling a 3-metre banner proclaiming ‘Battery
Hen Farming is Cruel and Inhumane’ as well as handing out flyers to
passers-by calling on them to lobby their Aldermen in the lead-up to the
vote. Mr Benedict Bartl,
Battery Hen co-ordinator for AACT stating:
Launceston City Council has
an opportunity to reflect community concern about the cruelty associated
with the battery hen industry by supporting Aldermen Ball’s motion
that caterers of Council functions only use free range eggs. Such a
move would once again demonstrate that Aldermen are more in touch with
community sentiment than their colleagues in either the State or Commonwealth
Parliaments.
The motion, to be moved by
Aldermen Jeremy Ball will, if successful, see Launceston City Council
become the third Tasmanian council calling for a more humane policy after
Hobart City Council and Clarence City Council.
Mr Greg Tredinnick, RSPCA CEO
stating:
The move against battery
hen farming is gathering pace. We urge the Launceston City Council to
support Aldermen Ball’s motion and follow the lead set by the
Hobart and Clarence City Councils and move towards ethical products.
It is simply unconscionable that we continue to sanction the keeping
of hens in this appalling manner. By supporting this motion Council
will be taking a stand against the inherent cruelty of the battery hen
industry.
For further Information:
Benedict Bartl 0417 032 832 Greg Tredinnick 6332 8200
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