Lynton, Lynmouth and Exmoor Advertiser, June 2019

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JUNE 2019 33
Jam-pecked June will see over 14,000 hens break records
This summer is set to be a record breaker for a national hen welfare charity, with
more than 14,000 birds being saved from slaughter – 1,100 of which will be rehomed
in Devon. The British Hen Welfare Trust’s network of 900+ volunteers will be flocking
to farms all over the UK to take hens out of their cages, with the end goal being to
rehome them in people’s back gardens. BUT the charity needs the public’s help!
With over 14,000 ladies looking to start their free-range retirements in a single
month, they’re appealing to people who have bit of extra space in their back garden
plus a passion for animals to get in touch. Most of the hens being rehomed have been
living in cages for 18 months, working hard to lay eggs for supermarkets and to go
into processed foods. Once they reach that age their egg laying slows down so they
are sent to slaughter. That is, unless the BHWT steps in to rehome them as pets. The
charity can’t guarantee the hens will continue laying, but nine times out of 10 you’ll
get enough eggs to enjoy a free-range eggy breakfast. A pet with benefits!
Rehomings are taking place in Rose Ash on Saturday, 26 May and Sunday, 30 June
and in South Zeal on Sunday, 9 June and Saturday, 29 June. To reserve your feathery
flock simply register your details at https://support.bhwt.org.uk/RegisterAHen.aspx
and then call Hen Central on 01884 860084.
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