{"id":779242,"date":"2025-09-15T08:16:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=779242"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:05:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:05:32","slug":"the-real-cost-of-eggs-a-global-investigation-exposes-the-hidden-lives-of-caged-hens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=779242","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Real Cost of Eggs&#8217;: A global investigation exposes the hidden lives of caged hens"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>'The Real Cost of Eggs' tells the story of billions of birds confined in outdated systems that most food companies promised to leave behind years ago. It's a sweeping, multi-year expos\u00e9 into the global egg industry, capturing never-before-seen footage from industrial farms across more than 35 countries and six continents. The footage speaks for itself: systemic neglect and normalized cruelty.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>WE ANIMALS:<\/strong> From Brazil to Bulgaria, a new investigation lays bare the price hens \u2014and humans\u2014pay for cheap eggs. In collaboration with the Open Wing Alliance, a global coalition of nearly 100 organizations established by The Humane League, and Reporters for Animals International, We Animals released the largest investigation of its kind: a sweeping, multi-year expos\u00e9 into the global egg industry, capturing never-before-seen footage from industrial farms across more than 35 countries and six continents&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Supported by more than 100 public figures, The Real Cost of Eggs tells the story of billions of birds confined in outdated systems that most food companies promised to leave behind years ago. The footage speaks for itself: systemic neglect, normalized cruelty, and a global industry still stuck in the past&#8230; Filmed across dozens of countries \u2014 from India to Italy, the United States to Zimbabwe \u2014 this footage shows how widespread and normalized these conditions have become, as reported in this exclusive with France24. <a href=\"https:\/\/weanimals.org\/project\/a-global-investigation-exposes-the-hidden-lives-of-caged-hens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><br \/>\nRELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zq3h3GEPP6U?si=SrK2J7o5FVt060LP\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WE ANIMALS: From Brazil to Bulgaria, a new investigation lays bare the price hens \u2014and humans\u2014pay for cheap eggs. 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