WALKING or motoring through the lovely countryside around York it is heartening to see chickens running freely in fields and pigs in wide open spaces. What a shame that we also see evidence of battery-farming which results in chickens having a painful and short life.
We could prevent this cruel practice if we all only bought free-range eggs and chickens.
Farmers would have to change from battery-farming and it would only cost us a few pence more on our grocery bill each week.
This moral stand started in Yorkshire could spread throughout the rest of England. There is no need to wait for Government legislation.
David Boultwood,
Alma Court,
Alma Terrace, York.
Updated: 11:09 Tuesday, September 07, 2004
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