The Humane Society of the United States is asking for a probe of what it calls cruel and inhumane conditions at New England's largest egg-producing farm.
The group released a video it says was shot by a worker at the facility in Turner, Maine. The organization says the video shows egg-laying hens crammed into wire cages so small they cannot spread their wings and sometimes surrounded by the decaying carcasses of other birds.
The operator of the facility, Pennsylvania-based Hillandale Farms, says it has high standards of care for its hens but would also review procedures at the farm and address any problems.
The Humane Society is among sponsors of a Massachusetts proposal that would ban the sale of food products from farms that hold animals in overly restrictive cages.
By: Bob Salsberg (Associated Press).
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