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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12963

2 June 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 29
SECTORAL POLICIES / Animal health
20 NGOs want EU to ban killing of hundreds of millions of chicks each year
Brussels, 01/06/2022 (Agence Europe)

More than 20 European NGOs formed a coalition on Wednesday 1 June to demand that the European Union end the barbaric practice of killing hundreds of millions of chicks and ducklings each year.

The animal protection organisations, including GAIA, FOUR PAWS and Eurogroup for Animals, are urging the EU agriculture ministers to support a ban on the systematic shredding and gassing of male chicks and female ducklings.

These two savage practices are currently allowed under EU law but could be...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
SECTORAL POLICIES
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Russian invasion of Ukraine
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EXTERNAL ACTION
NEWS BRIEFS