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 prohibited as part of the revision of EU legislation on farm animal welfare, which is slated to take place in 2023-2025”, the NGOs say.
According to a new YouGov poll conducted recently, seven out of ten people support a ban on the killing of chicks and ducklings.
The European Commission is considering the possibility of banning the systematic killing of chicks in the EU. France and Germany have already banned these practices (see EUROPE 12887/28). Every year, hundreds of millions of male chicks are crushed because of a lack of value and economic outlet.
Link to the NGO’s campaign: https://aeur.eu/f/1w4 (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)