If you have been following us on twitter you may have seen our link to the Free Betty campaign. Animals Australia is the second largest national animal protection organisation. They have an unprecedented track record in investigating and exposing animal cruelty.
Just one of the Animals Australia campaigns we at Gingerbread Folk support is the Free Betty campaign. Freeing Betty is all about how we can all play a small but important role in freeing birds from cruel egg facilities.
Our products including our royal icing are all egg-free. After much research and development we succeeded in creating an egg-free royal icing. We believe that no chickens should be imprisoned in battery cages to create our cookies.
The birds that lay Australia's 'cage-eggs' never feel the sunshine, never beat their wings and are forced to live in spaces smaller than one A4 sheet of paper.
Over 12 million day old male chicks are gassed or grounded up alive each year as they are an unwanted by-product of egg production systems. Female chicks are de-beaked.
Sharing their space with thousands upon thousands of other hens, they will not be able to stand, dust bathe (which is important to keep their feathers free from parasites). Occasionally they becoming de-feathered from rubbing up against the cage wires. Studies show 1 in 6 hens inside battery cages live with broken bones. Others die unnoticed.
The birds are killed when their egg laying rate declines at around 18 months of age, compared to a natural life span of about 12 years.
It takes approximately 30 hours for each of Australia's 11 million battery hens to produce just one 'cage egg'.
Operators are unfortunately protected by a 'code of practice'.
So what do we do to help Free Betty? We don't use eggs. What can you do to help Free Betty? Buy free range eggs.
Head to the Free Betty website for information as to how we can all take action.
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