Banning CO2 slaughter and mutilations seems… way ahead of anything I would have guessed might happen soon. I would’ve guessed that at least a ban on dehorning is way outside the range of plausible things that would be done for animal welfare.
Seems net-neg. Research here using 10 commercial farms who each kept a flock of beak-trimmed hens and non-beak-trimmed hens.
“omitting beak trimming had negative consequences for the condition of plumage, skin, and keel bone, and tended to increase mortality, highlighting the risk of reduced welfare when keeping layers with intact beaks.”
Wow.
Banning CO2 slaughter and mutilations seems… way ahead of anything I would have guessed might happen soon. I would’ve guessed that at least a ban on dehorning is way outside the range of plausible things that would be done for animal welfare.
Are we worried beak trimming ban is net neg? Because of increased pecking/deaths from cannibalism & infected wounds.
Seems net-neg. Research here using 10 commercial farms who each kept a flock of beak-trimmed hens and non-beak-trimmed hens.
“omitting beak trimming had negative consequences for the condition of plumage, skin, and keel bone, and tended to increase mortality, highlighting the risk of reduced welfare when keeping layers with intact beaks.”
Not sure dehorning would be a good thing considering the deaths and mutilations caused by animals using their horns.