Approximately 11 million hens are living in battery cages in Australia.

The Starfish Story
(adapted from original version by Loren Eisley)

While walking along a beach, an elderly man saw someone in the distance bending down, picking something up and throwing it into the ocean.

As he got closer, he noticed that the figure was that of a young man, picking up starfish one by one and tossing each one gently back into the water.

He came closer still and called out, "Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?"The young man paused, looked up, and replied "Throwing starfish into the ocean."

The old man smiled, and said, "I must ask, then, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?"

To this, the young man replied, "The sun is up and the tide is going out. If I don't throw them in they will die."

Upon hearing this, the elderly observer commented, "But, young man, do you not realize that there are miles and miles of beach and there are starfish all along every mile? You can't possibly make a difference!"

The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked up another starfish, threw it back into the ocean past the breaking waves and said, "It made a difference for that one."

If you can make a difference to the life of one of the approximately 11 million battery hens in Australia by giving her a chance to live a normal life outside the battery cage contact homesforhens@hotmail.com

(The rescue seen in the video was carried out by Mercy for Animals. The creator of the video above is unknown. It is aired on youtube by HuckleberryCat.)