The China Post
Date: April 9, 2017
By: The China Post news staff

Animal protection activists perform a skit in which they are caged hens in a press conference at McDonald’s Taiwan headquarters in Taipei, Saturday, to protest the fast-food chain’s continued use of battery-farmed eggs. (CNA)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Animal protection activists on Saturday lodged a protest at the McDonald’s headquarters in Taipei over its use of eggs from battery-caged hens.

Activists urged the leading fast-food chain to use eggs from free-range chickens or else face continued protests.

The Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan issued the call at a press conference, with over 20 protesters — dressed like egg-laying hens crowded into battery cages — expressing strong opposition to McDonald’s.

There are around 30 million egg-laying hens raised in Taiwan.    [FULL  STORY]