The Royal New Zealand SPCA says it has huge support for its campaign to outlaw battery cages for hens, with more than 11,000 submissions filled out in the first week.
The society says battery egg farming is a barbarous practice, affecting more than 2 million hens in New Zealand and it wants it outlawed by 2010 at the latest.
It says it has circulated 300,000 submission forms but has been forced to order more to keep up with public demand.
By building opposition to the cages, the SPCA says it hopes to influence the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee which will review the Welfare Code for Layer Hens in August.
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