When will the European Commission finally decide to impose correct implementation of European provisions on the welfare of broiler chickens? This is the oral question to be raised and discussed at the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday 4 October.
“The harsh reality is that broiler chickens are reared by the tens of thousands in barren sheds, on wet litter, and without any possibility of expressing natural behaviours such as perching, pecking enrichment...