Are people pushing to make induced moulting for poultry illegal in the US?!
Are people pushing to make induced moulting for poultry illegal in the US?
It is very inhumane. It involves starving laying chickens for several days to control egg production.
I'm surprised that animal rights groups never seem to pay attention to this. Maybe they do and I just never hear about it.
Most countries have declared this illegal because it causes pain and distress in the long term.
Killing of broiler chickens has improved, methods are getting more and more humane. Their death is quick and painless, and they have little exposure to the piece of equipment that will kill them, so pre-slaughter distress (which can be observed scientificly) is greatly reduced.
Induced moulting is one of the few practices that is still used in modern factory farming that has substantial evidence of causing pain and distress in poultry while being raised.
Most countries have banned this practice, however in the US, 90% of poultry farms use this process. It would be reassuring to know that some organization is pushing to end this inhumane process.
Answers:
There are all kinds of groups on this. So don't worry. GET ACTIVE!!!
check with PETA, Farm Sanctuary and Mercy for Animals.
Even "free range" eggs are inhumane. These hens give and give and give then after a few short years they are gassed. Our local "ecologically sound" "free range" egg farm is now known as the largest producer of "Zombie Chickens" because so many poorly gassed hens are climbing their way out of their live burial.
Source(s):
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercuryne...
http://www.goveg.com/factoryfarming_chic...
http://www.farmsanctuary.org/
http://www.eggcruelty.com/
I don't know anything about it. Thanx for the info.
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My response to the many bad practices factory farming is having my own small flock of free range Black Australorp chickens, and I will never starve them. I have 7 hens and 1 rooster now, and get enough eggs to give some away. Next spring I'll incubate some eggs and have more, but not too many, birds...