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Protest at Craddock Farms in Pukekohe

This Sunday around 30 animal activists from the Stop Craddock Farms campaign will stage a protest at Craddock Farms, a cage egg producer in Pukekohe. Craddock Farms want to build New Zealand’s biggest caged hen factory farm in Patumahoe. Auckland City Council declined their application earlier this year but Craddock Farms are appealing in the…

Council Denies Consent to Craddock Farms!

Campaign group Stop Craddock Farms and Direct Animal Action congratulate the Auckland City Council for declining consent for cage egg producer Craddock Farms to build a mega caged hen farm in Patumahoe, South Auckland.

Spokesperson Deirdre Sims says, “The proposed caged hen facility would have been the biggest of its kind in our country, confining 310,000 hens to cruel cages that contravene the Animal Welfare Act,”