Debeaking poultry
There are to sides of the story regarding the debeaking of poultry as
standard practice. Industrial egg producers believe, or want consumers
to believe, that hens are cannibalistic by nature; and therefore, they
would quickly peck each other to death unless beaks were “trimmed” after
hatching.
On the contrary, ethologists and animal welfare advocates, among many
others, are trying to inform consumers about the real reasons behind
debeaking, which not only causes pain to the animal but often leads to
other health problems including inability to eat and depression. This
procedure has allowed industrial poultry farms to house hundreds of
thousands of birds under extreme stressful and confined conditions.
According to United Poultry Concerns, “Beak amputation of chickens
and turkeys is an inhumane substitute for the proper management of these
species of birds. Debeaking is not like trimming one's fingernails. It
is a serious welfare insult to birds that should be prohibited by law.”
To read the full article please visit
http://www.upc-online.org/debeak.html
The intentional causing of pain and suffering to any of God’s
creature is an offense to God. Greed and profit have driven humanity to
treat God’s animals as commodities with no regard to their suffering;
and their exploitation for human benefit has serious ethical
complications. God’s animals are sentient beings whose God-given rights
must be respected.
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