TEACHER RESOURCES

The following texts and resource materials can be used to assist you in your teaching and learning. The texts cover a wide range of genre and topics concerning the human-animal relationship.

Topics

TEXTS ON BATTERY HENS

NON-FICTION BOOK EXTRACTS

FICTION PLAY EXTRACT

POETRY

  • Song of the Battery Hen. Brock, Edwin.
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MAGAZINE ARTICLES

  • SAFE Magazine. "Cruel Codes".
    download PDF (654 KB)
  • Science Monthly. "Hen Batteries - Havens or Hells?"
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  • Organic NZ. "Life in a Cage. Science Says Chooks Should Run Free".
    download PDF (737 KB)

MEDIA RELEASE

  • "Minister challenged over abusive battery hen and pig codes" SAFE.
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

  • Dominion Post."Small Victory for Battery Hens".
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LEGISLATION

SUBMISSION

  • SAFE Submission on Draft 10 of the Animal Welfare (Layer Hen) Code of Welfare 2002.
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CARTOON

  • Are you sure this is free range? Nesbit, Al.
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  • Beyond the Egg. Holy Cow no. 2. SAFE.
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ADVERTISING and CAMPAIGN MATERIALS

VIDEO, TELEVISION and MOVIE TEXTS

  • Trapped. Cinema Advertisement
  • Close Up. Battery Hen Item
  • 60 Minutes. Behind Bars.
  • 60 Minutes. Fowl Play.