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Home » News » Bad news » August 2013: No access to put injured chickens out of their misery

August 2013: No access to put injured chickens out of their misery

October 6, 2013

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According to the EU legislation, animals must be accessible during transport and animals that become unwell must be separated and given first-aid. Sadly, poultry throughout Europe are still not given the benefit of this protection; to date these legislative requirements are still being ignored by the poultry industry and law-enforcers.

In late August we trailed poultry from the Netherlands for 12,5 hours to a slaughterhouse in Poland. We noticed many birds with open wounds and some were bleeding profusely. Nothing could be done however to put these birds out of their misery as the crates still do not provide any access to the birds once they are stacked on the truck. The birds were prisoners to their crate and were left to suffer during the whole 12.5 hour journey.

Eyes on Animals will continue to pressure the poultry industry to come up with a better design of crate which provides access. This case has been sent to the NVWA and EU authorities.

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📌👎🐓 Dus hier in het filmpje is te zien, dat de kippen aan hun poten worden gevangen, stuk of drie in elke hand, ondersteboven aan hun poten uit de stal gehaald en zo naar de plek gebracht waar ze vergast worden. Wat een wrede methode! Dat kan toch anders! #vogelgriep #pluimvee

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Ook de @dierencoalitie wilde graag namens de dieren in gesprek met @JohanRemkes
Maar u raadt het al, dit verzoek werd niet gehonoreerd. #stikstof #vee #dierenwelzijn #stemvoordieren

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🐖 Met perfecte Krul in haar staart ;-)
Fijne zondag!

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