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October 2008
An enormous
23,012 signatories to petition calling for end to
battery hen
farming
A petition with more than 23,012
signatories will today be presented to Nick McKim MHA at 12:30p.m. outside
Parliament House, Hobart. The petition calls for an immediate end to battery
hen farming in Tasmania and was collected primarily by Mr Benedict Bartl
with the assistance of Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania (AACT) members
and supporters.
Benedict Bartl, Battery Hen
co-ordinator for AACT stating:
In April 2007, I entered
into a battery hen farm and was witness to such severe animal welfare
abuses that I felt compelled to expose the lives of battery hens to
the Tasmanian public. With a Government refusing to act on the images
we were able to bring to the public’s attention, I have taken
it upon myself with the support of Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania (AACT)
to door-knock a couple of streets every weekend for the last year, with
a petition calling for an end to battery hen farming. Of the many tens
of thousands of houses across Tasmania that I door-knocked on, only
a handful supported this barbaric industry. The overwhelming majority
of householders I have visited are demanding an immediate end to this
barbaric industry.
Benedict Bartl, Battery Hen
co-ordinator for AACT stating:
In 2002, in discussing the
battery hen issue David Llewellyn said that he had to put his words
into deeds. Well, after 20 years of being a politician, that time has
well and truly come and a line must be drawn in the sand. Is this Government
going to put the interests of a few ahead of the will of the majority
or are they going to side with the overwhelming majority who are demanding
an immediate end to this cruel and inhumane industry?
For further Information:
Benedict Bartl 0417 032 832
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