8 minutes agoGiant action from France: New reforms ban killing male chickens
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)France has pledged to declare illegal the practice of killing unwanted male birds by the end of 2021 as part of animal welfare reforms. Some 7 billion male birds who are not wanted for food or eggs are killed worldwide every year, usually through [...]
Some 7 billion male birds are not wanted for food or eggs killed worldwide each year, usually in machinery or even gas.
The government said new methods made it possible to test sex from the egg embryo, that is, before they were born.
But some animal rights activists said the reforms do not go far enough, the BBC writes, translates Periscopi.
French Agriculture Minister Didier Guillaume announced reforms at a press conference in Paris on Tuesday.
“Since the end of 2021, nothing will be the same as before,” he said.
Mr. Guillaume said he hopes a new approach will develop quickly and will enable the bird's sex to be determined before its birth.
Researchers have been working on this case for years.
Male birds are viewed in the meat industry as commercially useless because they grow slower than chickens and are viewed as inappropriate for meat production. /Periscope
