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Petition · past parliament

Make Debeaking Illegal in the egg and meat industry

Closed 53 signatures

What the petition asks

Debeaking is the partial removal of a chicken's beak, commonly used in the egg industry.

It has been proven that a chickens beak is highly sensitive as it is highly nervated (Davis,2004) it has also been proven chickens then have trouble eating as a result of this.
Debeaking is banned in Sweden, Finland, Norway (Picket H, 2008) Austria (The Ranger, 2014) and Denmark (Farming UK, 2015a). A ban was due to come in force in 2011 but it was postponed until 2016 and is still legal today.

Let's help these poor chickens!

Timeline

22 Feb 2018 Petition opened for signatures
22 Aug 2018 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 53
Status Closed
Opened 22 Feb 2018
Closed 22 Aug 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.