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The Massachusetts Coalition for Humane Farms has launched a six city tour to promote state legislation mandating ages that would enable animals “to turn around and spread their limbs.” Using cages as a prop, the activists will educate voters about the extreme confinement of battery cages for hens, gestation crates for pregnant pigs and veal crates for calves.

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Bigger cages don’t equate to “rights,” but they’re less horrific than existing cages. Should we be fighting for bigger cages, an achievable goal that provides some relief, or should we be fighting for abolition, which is what we ultimately want for the animals? As we debate those questions as a community, we should continue to do what we can all agree on — encouraging people to adopt a cruelty-free lifestyle.