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BERLIN (AP) " The German government says it wants to end the mass killing of male chicks within two years, becoming the first country to do so.
Each year some 45 million male chicks in Germany are shredded shortly after hatching because they don't lay eggs.
Pressure from animal rights groups led the government to fund research that allows the chick's sex to be determined before it hatches. This means male eggs can be used for other products rather than destroyed.
Agriculture minister Christian Schmidt said the method has almost been perfected and will start to be used in hatcheries from late 2016.
He told Germany's Bild newspaper on Monday that the shredding chicks should cease by 2017, and would add no more than two cents to the cost of an egg.
Source. (Yahoo! News)
Each year some 45 million male chicks in Germany are shredded shortly after hatching because they don't lay eggs.
Pressure from animal rights groups led the government to fund research that allows the chick's sex to be determined before it hatches. This means male eggs can be used for other products rather than destroyed.
Agriculture minister Christian Schmidt said the method has almost been perfected and will start to be used in hatcheries from late 2016.
He told Germany's Bild newspaper on Monday that the shredding chicks should cease by 2017, and would add no more than two cents to the cost of an egg.
Source. (Yahoo! News)
