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Through the Open Wing Alliance, the Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute is organising a non-violent picket at the Pick \u0149 Pay corporate office in Cape Town.<\/p>\n
They request that Pick \u0149 Pay guarantee that all eggs sold are 100% cage-free by 2030. The two organisations met with the retailer last week.<\/p>\n
A recent investigation by the Open Wing Alliance revealed that Pick \u0149 Pay is supporting animal cruelty by sourcing their eggs from farms that practice cruel battery cage farming.<\/p>\n
According to the organisation, battery cage farming is a lousy way of keeping hens. It causes suffering to millions of layers that cannot do anything natural or essential.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Radio Islam International, SAFCEI\u2019s Wayne du Plessis claimed that no progress had been made after several interactions with the pick-n-pay management on the inhumane practice of battery cage farming.<\/p>\n
Du Plessis claims that the non-violent protest at Pick \u0149 Pay\u2019s corporate offices on November 30, 2022, is intended to persuade the company to commit firmly to enhancing the welfare of the egg-laying hens.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope to raise the issue with the public to make sure they understand the issue. We also hope to raise the issue with some Pick \u0149 Pay internal staff who might not know about this issue. It will be a peaceful demonstration to ensure the issue is at the forefront of the public and Pick \u0149 Pay\u2019s minds.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that the peaceful picket also aims to ensure that all retailers in northern and Southern Africa take the pledge to go cage-free.<\/p>\n