Natural Ramen Shi-Ann, caring about environmental issues, is cage-free

In response to an inquiry from Animal Rights Center Japan, a ramen shop, Natural Ramen Shi-Ann in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Prefecture, that cares about environmental issues, responded that all the eggs they use are already cage-free and that they would support the cage-free declaration.

Natural Ramen Shi-Ann’s soup stock is of all vegetable origin.

Eggs are used for toppings, but all are cage-free.

There are also vegan-friendly menu items in consideration of environmental issues, which are also introduced on the vegan ethical website Hachidory.

This is a ramen shop that is kind to the Earth as well as to chicken

In Japan, over 90% of the farms uses battery cage rearing, confining chickens in cages.

It’s misleading to say that that’s healthy, and it’s definitely not natural.

Caged chickens

On the other hand, there do exist a few cage-free egg farms, which allow chickens to roam freely.

Cage-free chickens   (not the farm where Natural Ramen Shi-Ann  sources eggs from.  Another cage-free farm.)

Caged rearing is being abolished all over the world, and Japan’s animal welfare is currently far behind.

A simple thing we can do to reduce the number of hens who continue getting exploited in their cages and go through life immobilized is for the consumers to stop buying cage-reared eggs and eliminate our egg consumption in consideration of the chickens.

People who become aware of the actual situations and make humane and ethical choices today are what will lead to a sustainable future.