The federal government has passed legislation to ban the mass killing of male chicks as of January 1, 2022. The decision means that Germany is set to be the first country to ban male chick culling by law. The decision follows a 2019 German court ruling that animal welfare concerns outweigh the economic interests of farmers The mass slaughter of male chicks will be banned in Germany from the beginning of next year, the Bundestag announced on Thursday. The federal government passed legislation prohibiting the traditional chick farming method — a practice that critics have long criticized as unethical. Chicken farms around the world traditionally slaughter male chicks by the millions shortly after hatching because they cannot lay eggs and are not suitable for meat production, meaning that raising them would not be economically viable. Surprising stories hatching from eggs Animal welfare concerns a priority Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner, who had proposed the bill , said she did not consider chick culling "to be ethically acceptable." Germany’s Federal Administrative Court ruled in 2019 that animal welfare concerns outweigh the economic interests of farmers who wish to practice chick shredding, and declared the practice permissible only for a transitional period. […]
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