The crushing of chicks and the live castration of piglets, two very controversial practices used in breeding, will be prohibited at the end of 2021, announced Tuesday the Minister of Agriculture, Didier Guillaume, as part of a plan for the improvement of animal welfare.
"Not the end of breeding"
The Minister also announced that, with Germany and Spain in particular, decided to set up "from next year" labeling "on animal welfare" on the set of BFMTV- RMC.
"Animal welfare today is not the end of breeding, it's the best breeding" says Didier Guillaume, Minister of Agriculture # BourdinDirect đź“» https://t.co / 5VHtjsEIvK pic.twitter.com/rkVl5TcCM5
- RMC (@RMCinfo) January 28, 2020"We know that the situation today is starting to shock many of our fellow citizens," said the minister at the microphone of Jean-Marc Bourdin, to justify this better consideration of animal welfare in the breeding that wants to instill. the government. This sensitivity may not have been like this thirty years ago, but today it is real. "Animal welfare is not the end of breeding," he continued. This is the best of breeding. "
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