Published Letters and Op-Eds from
COK’s Writers Group

Dorn Right on Cage-free Eggs

Thank you for Brittany Dorn's Feb. 15 article about the new cage-free egg program being implemented by UConn's dining service ("Cage-free Eggs Added To Whitney Dining Hall Menu"). Experts agree that wire battery cages, in which nearly 300 million laying hens are intensively confined in the U.S., deprive birds of many of their most basic needs-battery hens are afforded such meager living space, they can't even flap their wings, let alone preen, roost, or build nests.

As a former animal control officer in our nation's capital, I am certain that similar treatment of dogs or cats would warrant charges of cruelty to animals.

To see photographs or video footage revealing the miserable conditions inside a typical battery cage egg farm, visit EggScam.com.

Erica Meier