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Germany plans to end shredding of male chicks from 2022
BERLIN, Jan 20, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Germany will ban the mass shredding of
male chicks in the poultry industry from 2022 under new draft legislation
approved by the cabinet on Wednesday.
Germany will be “the first country in the world” to end the controversial
practice in “a significant step forward for animal welfare,” Agriculture
Minister Julia Kloeckner said in a statement.
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