Submitted on Wednesday 27th January 2021
Rejected on Wednesday 10th March 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ban the culling of male chicks in the poultry industry
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
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/570946
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