Speeches

This week we presented our speeches. I felt nervous and I had the butterflies. We had to include our pepeha, we had to have a clear voice, stand still, speak loudly, speak at our own pace, look up at the crowd, use expression and be confident. Our speeches needed to be persuasive and had to include a rhetorical question. My speech was on caged chickens should be banned oh but you're probably thinking she's already done it on caged chicken should be banned but it's different. Oh well if you don't believe me read this one.

Tihei mauri ora
Ko pepeha ki ahau

Ko Titirangi Te maunga 
Ko Taruheru Te awa
Ko Horouta Te waka
Ko St Mary's star of the sea of the sea marae
No turanganui-a kiwa ahau

Ko Hato Maria toku kura               
Ko Isabelle ahau
No reira, tena koutou,
tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.

Would you like to be a caged chicken? Of course not. That's why I firmly believe that caged chickens should be banned.

 One of the main reasons why chickens shouldn't be caged is that they get squashed. Out of 2.3 million chickens, 82% of these are caged. Each hen has a space the size of an A4 piece of paper to move around and live its entire life.

 In one shed of chickens, there are 45,000 caged birds… that is similar to the total population of Gisborne in one shed.

My second main point is that caged chickens easily catch diseases. They get fatty liver disease, they get rickets and they have little to no vitamin D. They also get osteoporosis which is severe brittleness of their bones.

These diseases are only a few of the many other diseases they may have due to poor care and little space within their cages.

My third main point is that caged chickens cannot go outside and to behave naturally and freely as birds should. Chickens should be able to explore, run and move as they please. They should be able to flap their wings and stretch their legs, scratch and peck for their own food, to be able to perch or have a dust bath, but they cannot - and this is cruel!

Cages are stopping them from having a comfortable place to roam and be healthy. They live under stress their entire lives. Most of them even end up dying at 18 months old {which is terribly sad}.

....So what can we do about this? We can all make the choice. We can all choose to buy only Free Range chicken products and stop cruelty to chickens. Please make the change today and every day!

In conclusion I believe that caged chickens should be banned. Because of the many awful and unhealthy diseases they get, because they can't behave and be comfortable like chickens should, and they get squashed in their poor living environments.
I strongly ask you to rethink the next time you purchase chicken products including meat or eggs - to choose only, cage free or free range.

Thank you for listening to my speech.