{"id":10133,"date":"2020-07-29T02:32:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T02:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=10133"},"modified":"2020-07-29T02:32:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T02:32:59","slug":"gujarat-to-crack-down-on-illegal-and-cruel-chick-killing-by-poultry-industry-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=10133","title":{"rendered":"Gujarat to Crack Down on Illegal and Cruel Chick Killing by Poultry Industry – Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following an appeal from PETA India regarding the common poultry industry practice of killing male chicks and other unwanted chicks in apparently illegal ways, the joint director of the Gujarat State Animal Welfare Board issued an order<\/u><\/a> urging district SPCA officials to take steps to ensure that poultry hatcheries stop using any cruel chick-killing methods which violate The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960, and instead adopt the methods recommended by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI).<\/p>\n

The egg industry commonly kills male chicks because they can\u2019t lay eggs, while both the meat and egg industries routinely destroy other unwanted chicks as well, including those who are weak or deformed. Common killing methods include grinding, crushing, burning, or drowning them or even feeding them alive to fish.<\/p>\n

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In its appeals, PETA India pointed out that the common cruel methods of killing unwanted chicks violate Section 11(1)(l) of the PCA Act, 1960. We requested that the state stop any cruel killing methods practised by poultry hatcheries and that the government require that the egg industry use in ovo<\/em> sex-determination technology as soon as it becomes available. This new technology, which has been developed abroad and will be commercially available soon, would allow eggs with male embryos to be destroyed in an early stage of development and spare live chicks a horrific death.<\/p>\n