The laws these industries are trying to overturn are just ones that set such low standards it's truly insane. Cage-free still means plenty of cruelty and yet that's still much for the egg industry
For instance, practices like chick culling exist in most of the world including the US. Billions of male chicks are shred alive around the world right after birth
Or forced molting is quite common in the US where they intentionally starve a flock for a 7-14 days to increase egg production rates after it
Among other broader problems like how they've been bred to produce eggs at such high rates they start getting tons of bone health problems. I could keep going on and on, but I think that's enough to get the idea
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usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 1y
https://archive.is/ITR1e for the paywall
The laws these industries are trying to overturn are just ones that set such low standards it's truly insane. Cage-free still means plenty of cruelty and yet that's still much for the egg industry
For instance, practices like chick culling exist in most of the world including the US. Billions of male chicks are shred alive around the world right after birth
Or forced molting is quite common in the US where they intentionally starve a flock for a 7-14 days to increase egg production rates after it
Among other broader problems like how they've been bred to produce eggs at such high rates they start getting tons of bone health problems. I could keep going on and on, but I think that's enough to get the idea
Steve@startrek.website · 3 pts · 1y
If you could invent a machine that sexes unhatched eggs that would be great