*[Enwl-eng] Living baby chicks are pulverized by the billions every year

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            Tiny hatchlings are shredded alive in the poultry industry when they are considered 'commercially useless' 
                     
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                 In the poultry industry, every egg is created equal — but not every hatchling. While female chicks are prized, male chicks are considered 'commercially useless' — after all, they won't ever produce eggs, and they won't grow as big as hens so they can't provide meat. So these poor male chicks, no more than three days old, are shredded alive. It's called mass culling, and it kills 4-8 billion male chicks every year. During a cull, baby chicks are placed on a conveyor belt fully awake and without anesthesia, helpless as it draws them closer and closer to the mouth of a giant shredder. One by one, or in large waves, the babies fall into the machine's gears which crush and rip at their little bodies. 

                  Chicken culling is obviously disturbing and cruel. But those qualities are magnified by the fact that it's totally unnecessary — there are ways of testing an egg just nine days after fertilization to determine what sex the chick will be. This test has been around for years, so why is it the poultry industry still hatches chicks just to brutally slaughter them hours or days later? It's shocking that wherever the poultry industry is operating, this grotesque practice is still allowed. Well, almost everywhere. Germany recently announced that it will approve a law banning the culling of male chicks for good! Let's keep the momentum going in our fight for animal welfare in the poultry industry! Sign the petition telling the European Union to adopt similar legislation and pass a comprehensive ban on male chick culling. 

                  Thank you, 

                         Lauren
                        The Care2 Petitions Team 
                       
                           

                  P.S. The mass culling of male chicks in the poultry industry is cruel and unnecessary. Thankfully, Germany just banned it. Sign the petition and tell the EU to follow suit. 
                  
                    
           
     




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From: Lauren W., Care2 Action Alerts 
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 8:04 PM
Subject: Living baby chicks are pulverized by the billions every year










  
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