Germany becomes the first country to ban disturbing 'chick shredding' practice

Germany has just become the first country to outlaw the practice of ‘chick shredding’. Every year millions of male chicks are ground up alive or suffocated by the commercial egg industry. This is because male chicks don’t grow up into egg-laying chickens, and they’re not considered suitable to be slaughtered for meat. Around half of all chicks born into the egg industry are male, and end up being ‘shredded’ right after hatching.
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