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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12759

10 July 2021
SECTORAL POLICIES / Animal health
Germany and France call for a prohibition on “systematic killing” of male chicks in EU
Brussels, 09/07/2021 (Agence Europe)

At the Agriculture Council on 19 July, the French and German delegations will ask the European Commission to start work on “prohibition on the systematic killing of male chicks in the European Union”.

These new provisions would be included in the forthcoming revision of EU animal welfare legislation, the delegations explain in a note (https://bit.ly/3AKYoAL) on the dossier.

In the European Union, around 260 million male chicks from laying hen hatcheries are disposed of after hatching...

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