Asia is home to around 63% of the world’s commercial laying hens, but the vast majority of them are confined to battery cages. How do different countries stack-up in terms of encouraging cage-free practices and regulating for better welfare conditions in the poultry industry? We get insights from the latest Asia Cage-Free Benchmark report with Jonathon Tree of the Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan.

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Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Philip See

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Categories:  economy,  environment,  Law/Activism

Tags:  battery farming,  poultry farming,  animal rights,