Ban the culling of male chicks in the poultry industry

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Around 30 million male chicks are killed in the UK each year by gassing or shredding immediately after hatching. Technology which can determine the sex of fertilised eggs exists and is in use in many countries. There is no longer an excuse for this cruel practice.

Ending this culling would prevent around 30 million unnecessary animal deaths per year. It would also have a positive environmental impact, reducing the carbon footprint of the poultry industry as energy would not be wasted on incubating and killing male chicks. The UK should take the moral and technological lead on this issue alongside many other European countries.

For more information:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/ethical-eggs-could-save-male-chicks-mass-slaughter

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Timeline

27 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
10 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 10 Mar 2021

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