@[email protected] to Political [email protected]English • 1 month agohey capitalism, how are you doing?lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up113
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoSo what happens to them? Just a slightly more humane death before they reach a week old?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoAs far as I know most get sold to meat farms where they’re raised to about 1 year old with the other meat chickens and then slaughtered for meat. Still far from ideal, but way better than being shredded right after birth.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•1 month agohttps://www.connexionfrance.com/news/50-million-male-chicks-saved-as-france-bans-egg-industry-from-culling/129545 ^France banning culling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-ovo_sexing ^in ovo sexing. Kind of like an abortion
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoAwesome. Thank you for the source. I knew of the technology a long while ago, but I had no idea that France and Germany both enforce its usage. The best option is still to stop eating animal products, but this is still a win for overall animal welfare.
So what happens to them? Just a slightly more humane death before they reach a week old?
As far as I know most get sold to meat farms where they’re raised to about 1 year old with the other meat chickens and then slaughtered for meat. Still far from ideal, but way better than being shredded right after birth.
https://www.connexionfrance.com/news/50-million-male-chicks-saved-as-france-bans-egg-industry-from-culling/129545
^France banning culling
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-ovo_sexing
^in ovo sexing. Kind of like an abortion
Awesome. Thank you for the source. I knew of the technology a long while ago, but I had no idea that France and Germany both enforce its usage.
The best option is still to stop eating animal products, but this is still a win for overall animal welfare.