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PE01797: End live chick culling

Rural Affairs

Petitioner: Kirsten MacQuarrie

Status:
Closed

Date Lodged: 10 March 2020

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ban the maceration of newborn male chicks and set a deadline to end all live chick culling in the egg industry.

Petition History:

SPICe Briefing (248KB pdf) 

Summary

26 August 2020: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that there are currently no hatcheries located in Scotland producing laying hens for egg production; therefore there is no maceration of newborn male chicks; and other methods of determining the sex of a chick prior to hatching currently available are not viable on an industrial scale; however the Scottish Government will continue to monitor developments in this area of research. Link to Official Report of Meeting 26 August 2020

Written Submissions

PE1797/A: Scottish Government submission of 20 July 2020 (76KB pdf)

PE1797/B: Dr Lizzie Rowe submission of 21 August 2020 (92KB pdf)

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Comments (22)

Do you believe that the mechanical destruction of live newborn birds is acceptable in modern-day Scotland?

Do you want Scotland to be at the forefront of best practice for animal welfare within the United Kingdom?

End this now

Caroline kelly

11:50 on 10 Mar 2020

These babies are killed in a very cruel way. How anyone can take part in this cruelty is beyond my understanding.

Isobelanne Robertson

19:53 on 03 Mar 2020

This is beyond cruel. How can anyone can carry out such an sickening job.

Isobelanne Robertson

19:47 on 03 Mar 2020

In the 21st century - this type of inhuman activity is totally unacceptable !!

Carol Wallace

13:21 on 28 Feb 2020

Not acceptable its cruel and horrible that it even exists. About time something is done about it.

Jennifer Smith

8:19 on 27 Feb 2020

Not acceptable, however you look at it. Would we think twice if it was puppies or kittens?

Linda Grier

9:57 on 26 Feb 2020

The unnecessary and cruel slaughter of chicks is not a practice for civilised c

Victoria logan

9:53 on 26 Feb 2020

There has to be a good reason for killing an animal and there is no good reason for killing these chicks.

James Boyle

9:22 on 26 Feb 2020

Totally horrific

Gill Sinclair

20:41 on 25 Feb 2020

Totally unacceptable in 2020

Lesley Shale

17:58 on 24 Feb 2020

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