Washington State Senate bill 5730 would ban the forced molting of hens by food and water deprivation: Specifically, no egg handler could deprive any bird used for egg-laying purposes of clean water or nutritious food or otherwise cause an induced or forced molt that results in harm to the hen.
Contact:
The Honorable (your State Senator’s name)
Legislative Building
PO Box 40482
Olympia, WA 98504-0482

Washington State House Bill 1726 would ban battery cages for egg-laying hens, the debeaking of hens, and the forced molting of hens to manipulate egg production. Debeaking is a cruel and painful mutilation of hens’ sensitive beaks; forced molting by food and water deprivation is so cruel and inhumane it impairs hens’ immune systems, predisposing them and their eggs to Salmonella infection; and battery cages deprive hens of normal movement and living space and of all natural activities including foraging, dustbathing, sunbathing, and perching.
Contact:
The Honorable (your State House Representative’s name)
Legislative Building
PO Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504-0600

For more information contact Jennifer Hillman of PAWS (Progressive Animal Welfare Society, PO Box 1037, Lynnwood, WA 98046) at 425-787-2500, Ext. 259; or email JenniferH@paws.org.