I won’t buy eggs from caged hens.
私はケージ飼育の卵は買いません
Already, 762 people have pledged not to buy eggs from caged hens.
This website documents the reality of cage-based egg farming in Japan, day by day.
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About This Documentation
What Is Life Like Inside a Cage?
This website documents the reality of cage egg farming in Japan through a daily record of life inside a commercial egg farm.
All of the photographs, videos, and written records published here were documented inside the same egg farm.
The housing conditions shown on this website reflect the conventional cage systems that are still widely used today.
Rather than focusing only on exceptional incidents or the worst moments, this website records the ordinary reality of daily life inside the cages. Events are presented one day at a time, in chronological order. Each video and accompanying description documents only what was observed on that particular day.
Although this is the record of a single farm, it reflects many of the welfare problems commonly found in cage egg production.
What This Documentation Shows
The purpose of this website is simple.
By understanding the reality of cage egg farming, both consumers and companies can choose cage-free eggs.
We hope these records provide the information needed to make that choice.
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Life Inside the Cage
What do hens experience inside cage systems?
The scenes shown below are not rare or exceptional—they represent conditions that occur routinely in cage egg production.
Pecked and Featherless
Weaker hens are often pecked by other birds until much of their feathers are torn away. Inside a cage, there is nowhere to escape. Losing their feathers causes severe stress for the hens.
Trapped in the Cage
Some hens become trapped in gaps around the egg collection area, leaving them unable to move.
Unable to reach food or water, some die where they are trapped.
Severely Injured Foot
This hen has lost almost all of one foot.
The injury appears to have been repeatedly pecked by other hens.
No veterinary treatment is provided.
Voices of Support from Around the World
Japan’s continued use of cage systems is drawing attention from around the world.
Animal protection organizations overseas are also supporting Inside the Cage and adding their voices to calls for change in Japan.
Supporting Organizations
Messages of Support
From New Zealand
Animals Aotearoa
Message of Support
“Animals Aotearoa proudly supports ARCJ’s Inside the Cage campaign, which exposes the shocking, everyday suffering of the approximately 98.5% of hens used for egg production, who are still confined in cages across Japan. We stand with ARCJ and all organisations advancing the global transition to cage-free egg production, and we urge companies and policymakers in Japan to act decisively for these hens.”
Animals Aotearoa
Official Website
From Russia
Voices for Animals
Message of Support (English Translation)
“We are pleased to support your initiative.”
“Thank you sincerely for your compassion for animals.”
View Original Japanese
私たちは喜んで貴社の取り組みを応援いたします。
動物たちへのご配慮に心より感謝申し上げます。
Voices for Animals
Official Website
From South Korea
Korean Animal Welfare Association
Message of Support (English Translation)
“We sincerely hope that the Inside the Cage campaign will gain support from many people and help bring about meaningful change in farming practices.”
View Original Korean
Inside the cage 캠페인이 대중의 지지와 농가의 변화를 이끌어내는 성과를 거두시길 진심으로 희망합니다.
Korean Animal Welfare Association
Official Website
KARA (Korea Animal Rights Advocates)
Message of Support (English Translation)
“We sincerely wish your organization continued growth and success.
We would like to express our deep respect and gratitude for your efforts to improve the welfare of laying hens, and we wholeheartedly support your work.
Though our contribution may be small, we stand in support of your efforts to advance the transition to cage-free systems in Japan.”
View Original Japanese
貴団体のますますのご発展を心よりお祈り申し上げます。
採卵鶏の福祉向上に向けた貴団体の活動に、深い敬意と感謝を申し上げるとともに、心より応援しております。
微力ではございますが、日本におけるケージフリーへの移行を推進する取り組みに賛同し、支持の意をお伝えいたします。
KARA (Korea Animal Rights Advocates)
Official Website
From Romania
F.R.E.E. (Freedom and Respect for Every Earthling)
Message of Support (English Translation)
“In the name of limitless productivity, most laying hens have been reduced to machines that produce more than 300 eggs a year, at an enormous cost to the hens, who are more exhausted than ever before in the history of their species. As if that were not enough, they have also been deprived of natural light, fresh air, and the space to move around or even stretch their wings. This must change.”
View Original Romanian
„În numele productivității fără limite, majoritatea găinilor ouătoare au fost reduse la niște mașinării care depun peste 300 de ouă pe an, iar asta vine cu costuri imense pentru bietele găini, mai epuizate ca oricând în istoria speciei lor. Fiindcă nu era suficient, acestea au fost private și de lumină naturală, aer curat și spațiu să se miște ori măcar să-și poată întinde aripile. Acest lucru trebuie să se schimbe.”
F.R.E.E. (Freedom and Respect for Every Earthling)
Official Website
From Hungary
Farmállatvédelem
Message of Support
“At Farmállatvédelem Hungary, we strongly support the Inside the Cage campaign and we believe that hens all around the world deserve better treatment and freedom from cages, and also, that every customer around the globe have the right for transparency about practices of the current industrial farming systems.”
Farmállatvédelem
Official Website
Una Terra Foundation
Message of Support
“Inside the Cage provides important insight into the reality that caged laying hens experience every day. The Una Terra Foundation supports ARCJ’s work and Japan’s transition to cagefree systems. Ending the use of cages is a shared cause that transcends borders.”
Una Terra Foundation
Official Website
From Peru
Compromiso Verde
Message of Support (English Translation)
“Compromiso Verde supports the Inside the Cage campaign and stands with the transition toward cage-free systems in Japan. No hen should have to spend her life confined in a cage, and making this reality visible is an essential step toward changing it.”
View Original Spanish
“Compromiso Verde respalda la campaña Inside the Cage y acompaña la transición hacia sistemas sin jaulas en Japón. Ninguna gallina debería pasar su vida encerrada, y hacer visible esa realidad es un paso indispensable para cambiarla.”
Compromiso Verde
Official Website
From Somalia
Somali Animal Welfare Society (SAWS)
Message of Support
“Somali Animal Welfare Society (SAWS) proudly supports the Inside the Cage campaign and the global movement toward cage-free systems. We stand in solidarity with organizations working to ensure better welfare and more humane living conditions for laying hens in Japan and around the world.”
Somali Animal Welfare Society (SAWS)
Official Website
From Serbia
Vege zajednica
Message of Support (English Translation)
“From Serbia, we send our full support to the Inside the Cage campaign in your mission to make cage farming a thing of the past. We believe that our global solidarity carries the power to open cage doors for good and bring freedom to all animals.”
View Original Serbian
Šaljemo iz Srbije punu podršku kampanji Inside the Cage u Vašoj misiji da kavezni uzgoj postane prošlost. Verujemo da naša globalna solidarnost nosi snagu koja trajno otvara vrata kaveza i donosi slobodu za sve životinje.
Vege zajednica
Official Website
From Spain
AnimaNaturalis
Message of Support
“At AnimaNaturalis, we stand firmly with ARCJ and the Inside the Cage campaign. Cages cannot be reformed to be made acceptable — they must be abolished entirely. In Japan, around 98.5% of laying hens remain confined in wire cages, unable to spread their wings, lay their eggs in a nest, or perch, denied any semblance of a dignified life. Ending this system is an ethical responsibility that knows no borders: what happens inside those cages in Japan concerns us as much as what happens on farms here in Spain. We strongly urge companies and decision-makers in Japan to commit to a cage-free future and act without delay for the welfare of these hens”
AnimaNaturalis
Official Website
Animal Welfare Observatory
Message of Support
“The Animal Welfare Observatory proudly supports ARCJ’s Inside the Cage campaign and commends its commitment to documenting the realities of cage-based egg production and bringing the lives of farmed animals into public discussion. Transparency and evidence are powerful tools for change, helping consumers, businesses and policymakers make more informed decisions for animal welfare.
We stand in solidarity with ARCJ in advancing the transition to cage-free systems in Japan and worldwide. Every hen deserves a life free from cages, and together we can help make this change a reality.
Thank you again for your dedication to improving the lives of laying hens. We are pleased to add our voice to this important international effort.”
Animal Welfare Observatory
Official Website
From Latvia
Dzivnieku briviba
Message of Support
“By living in harmony with other living beings, we create a better world not only for animals, but for ourselves as well. Cruel cages are unacceptable, whether in Latvia or Japan — compassion and respect for life know no borders between countries or cultures.”
Dzivnieku briviba
Official Website
From Italy
Essere Animali
Message of Support (English Translation)
“We support the Inside the Cage campaign in Japan. Life in a cage is a form of suffering that must end around the world as soon as possible, and Italian and European consumers are calling strongly for this practice to end in important and respected countries such as Japan as well.”
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Supportiamo la campagna Inside the Cage in Giappone. La vita in gabbia è una tortura che deve cessare in tutto il mondo il prima possibile e i consumatori italiani ed europei chiedono a gran voce che questa pratica cessi anche in paesi così importanti e onorevoli come il Giappone.
Essere Animali
Official Website
From the Netherlands
Wakker Dier
Message of Support
“Wakker Dier wholeheartedly supports ARCJ’s Inside the Cage campaign. Every hen deserves the opportunity to express her natural behaviours and live free from the constraints of a cage. A transition to cage-free farming is an essential step towards a more animal-friendly poultry industry.”