Submitted on Monday 13th May 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 18th June 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Make conditions for commercial broilers conducive to good health and well-being.
Housing requirements for commercial broilers are not conducive to good health and well-being. Birds should be allowed to exhibit normal behaviour and to live free from distress. Non-commercial keepers would be committing an offence, under the Animal Welfare Act, if they adopted farming conditions.
Legislation pertaining to the rearing of commercial broilers does not prevent unnecessary suffering. Instead it can cause it. Stocking densities must reflect the chickens' need for space. The Five Freedoms should be more than something to aspire to. Points 4 and 5 are almost wholly overlooked. The law should ensure that these birds can grow free from unnecessary distress caused by a lack of space: like feather pecking. They should also be able to express normal behaviour: like scratching.
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