Raipur: Women to Cage Themselves in Solidarity with Hens Ahead of International Women’s Day in PETA India and Vegans of Chhattisgarh Awareness Drive 

For Immediate Release:

 5 March 2026

Contact: 

Apeksha Tamane; [email protected] 

Sanskriti Bansore; [email protected] 

Raipur – Just in time for International Women’s Day (8 March), six women will cram themselves into stacked cages on Friday in solidarity with hens on egg farms. These PETA India and Vegans of Chhattisgarh supporters aim to remind passers-by that mother hens raised for their eggs spend their entire lives in cages so small they cannot even spread a single wing. 

When:       Friday, 6 March, 12 noon sharp 

Where:     Marine Drive (Telibandha Lake), Civil Lines, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492001 

“All females deserve freedom and autonomy over their own bodies, including the hens who spend every day crammed together in filthy wire cages so that humans can mutilate them, eat their eggs and ultimately kill them,” says PETA India Senior Manager of Vegan and Corporate Projects Dr Kiran Ahuja. “PETA India is calling on everyone to show kindness to females of all species this International Women’s Day by choosing vegan meals.” 

Chickens are intelligent, emotional animals whose cognitive abilities are on par with those of cats, dogs, and even some primates, and they are also exceptional mothers who display intense dedication, protection, and care for their chicks. Yet, in the egg industry, hens’ bodies are manipulated to produce as many as 300 eggs per year – far more than the 15 per year their wild ancestors would lay in nature. Because of this, they often suffer from osteoporosis, infections, ovarian cancer, and reproductive tumours, and eggs can even become lodged inside them. If treated well, a hen has a life expectancy of about 10 years. On an egg farm, her body is typically worn out after just two years – if she survives that long in the squalid, crowded conditions. When her egg production drops, she’s considered “spent” and is thrown into a truck full of other hens bound for a slaughterhouse or a live-animal market, where her throat is cut while she’s still conscious. 

Video footage of the plight of hens who are forced to lay eggs can be viewed and downloaded here

In addition to sparing chickens and other animals immense suffering, people who go vegan dramatically reduce their carbon footprint and their risk of major health conditions.  There’s no nutritional need for humans to eat animal-derived foods. According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest organisation of food and nutrition professionals, vegans are at reduced risk of ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain types of cancer, and obesity. 

One large egg contains about 6 g of protein, one cup of cooked chickpeas about 14.5 g, one cup of boiled lentils about 17.9 g, and a half-cup of firm tofu about 19.9 g. 

PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram. 

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