An outbreak of aggressive feather pecking and cannibalism in a flock of laying hens involved in a government-backed trial could derail plans to ban beak trimming in the UK as of 2016. Twenty flocks ...
Farmers are urging people to buy white eggs, which come from less aggressive hens, to reduce the cruel practice of beak-trimming Shoppers have been urged to reject brown eggs in favour of white eggs.
Beak treatment is the physical removal of the top and bottom part of the beak of a bird. It is commonly practised in commercial layer flocks to reduce damage caused by birds to each other later in ...
Compassion in World Farming has condemned a government advisory body for recommending a delay to the 2011 ban on beak trimming for layers. In a recent letter to DEFRA minister Jim Fitzpatrick, the ...
The government will not ban the controversial trimming of hens’ beaks despite criticism from animal welfare campaigners. Farming minister George Eustice said this week he fully accepted the ...
Animal welfare group Compassion in World Farming is urging DEFRA not to extend the scheduled deadline for banning beak trimming in young poultry beyond 1 January 2011. In a statement issued this week, ...
An outbreak of aggressive feather pecking and cannibalism in a flock of laying hens involved in a government-backed trial could derail plans to ban beak trimming in the UK as of 2016. Twenty flocks ...
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