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Brits call for end to 45 million male chick deaths as campaign demands ‘Ban Hatch and Dispatch’

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Public polling has revealed that 72% of UK consumers are concerned about male chick culling in the egg industry. The new data, released today, also found that 74% of Brits would be in favour of stopping this unnecessary and inhumane practice by mandating the use of existing technology to determine the sex of chicks before they are born. Every year in the UK, 40-45 million day-old male chicks are killed in the egg industry – usually by gassing – …

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Ban Hatch & Dispatch Brits want end to 45 million male chick deaths as new campaign urges Ministers to ‘Ban Hatch & Dispatch’ 40-45 million male baby chicks are killed each year in the UK by inhumane means because they are not suitable for meat production New campaign, Ban Hatch & Dispatch, launches with animation narrated by Stephen Fry (video here) Ban Hatch & Dispatch calls on the U…

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