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The term "spent hen" is used in the meat production industry to describe a former egg-laying hen that is nearing the end of its life and now has, "… only one value to the farmers: the sale of their meat to meat processors."[1] The meat production industry describes spent hens as, "… missing feathers, perhaps with even few feathers. Due to their egg-laying careers, many have calcium and muscle loss and are fragile."[2] The industries that are entrusted with the lives of millions of animals involv...

As I progress through law school and have discussions with many of my peers about the law, I find that there are very few people interested in improving the legal landscape for the benefit of animals. Sure, it is of popular sentiment to want to punish people who abuse animals and cause them unnecessary pain, but it is many of these same people who pay money to the system of brutality that continues this cycle from engineering their births to profiting off their very early deaths. Some call this ...