NZ Open Rescue Collective press release: The group’s members, coined Santa’s little helpers, rescued 15 emaciated caged birds from an Auckland egg factory and is urging consumers to boycott caged eggs for the coming year.
The Christmas rescue DVD can be viewed online at 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wgRCKIrfKk
NZ Open Rescue Collective press release:
The spirit of Christmas urges relief for battery hens
Sunday, 23 December, 2007
New Zealand Open Rescue Collective
Some fortunate battery hens in New Zealand received immediate relief from cruelty and severe confinement thanks to the efforts of members of New Zealand Open Rescue Collective.
The group’s members, coined Santa’s little helpers, rescued 15 emaciated caged birds from an Auckland egg factory and is urging consumers to boycott caged eggs for the coming year.
“Our wish for Christmas is that New Zealanders stop buying factory farmed eggs and that they no longer support caged cruelty” says Open Rescue spokesperson Deirdre Sims.
A Colmar Brunton poll shows almost eight out of ten New Zealanders oppose keeping hens in cages. In 2006 Parliament’s Regulations Review Committee deemed battery hen cages to be in breach of the Animal Welfare Act 1999.
The New Zealand Open Rescue Collective openly rescues battery hens and other factory farmed animals across the country out of sheer frustration that the legal system fails animals. The group has just released a Christmas DVD appealing to New Zealanders boycott battery eggs for 2008.
The message within the DVD states: “Christmas is a time of giving and for some New Zealanders; it’s a time of giving hope and freedom to animals. For all the battery hens that we have rescued this year, it will be a Merry Christmas.
Reported by http://www.directaction.info
http://www.openrescue.org/
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=NZOpenRescue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wgRCKIrfKk NZ Open Rescue Collective press release:
The spirit of Christmas urges relief for battery hens
Sunday, 23 December, 2007
New Zealand Open Rescue Collective
Some fortunate battery hens in New Zealand received immediate relief from cruelty and severe confinement thanks to the efforts of members of New Zealand Open Rescue Collective.
The group’s members, coined Santa’s little helpers, rescued 15 emaciated caged birds from an Auckland egg factory and is urging consumers to boycott caged eggs for the coming year.
“Our wish for Christmas is that New Zealanders stop buying factory farmed eggs and that they no longer support caged cruelty” says Open Rescue spokesperson Deirdre Sims.
A Colmar Brunton poll shows almost eight out of ten New Zealanders oppose keeping hens in cages. In 2006 Parliament’s Regulations Review Committee deemed battery hen cages to be in breach of the Animal Welfare Act 1999.
The New Zealand Open Rescue Collective openly rescues battery hens and other factory farmed animals across the country out of sheer frustration that the legal system fails animals. The group has just released a Christmas DVD appealing to New Zealanders boycott battery eggs for 2008.
The message within the DVD states: “Christmas is a time of giving and for some New Zealanders; it’s a time of giving hope and freedom to animals. For all the battery hens that we have rescued this year, it will be a Merry Christmas.
Reported by
http://www.directaction.info http://www.openrescue.org/ http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=NZOpenRescue 
