Caged protesters call for animal rights in Napier 13 Mar, 2021 11:46 PM 2 minutes to read Animal rights protesters inside cages on Napier's Emerson St. Photo / Paul Taylor Shoppers were met with protesters locked inside cages on Napier's busiest shopping streets on Sunday afternoon. A handful of animal rights activists gathered on Emerson St to raise awareness of the exploitation of caged hens and pigs within the food industry. The protest organiser, who wished to remain anonymous, said 65 to 69 per cent of pigs are kept in battery cages and farrowing/gestation crates where they live a "pitiful existence in cramped, stressful and filthy conditions".