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> The legislation wouldn't apply to most farm animals, a common provision in animal rights laws. I expect that farm animals are the most numerous and most abus
by kilovoltaire 10y ago
> The legislation wouldn't apply to most farm animals, a common provision in animal rights laws.
I expect that farm animals are the most numerous and most abused large animals in most countries, oh well…
- Pxtl 10y agoYeah, it seems like any animal rights legislation that ignores the meat industry is solving the wrong problem.
- ars 10y agoIf you make legislation on the farm industry too onerous then all that happens is that it shuts down and people buy animal products from countries with weaker legislation than you started with. It's like that with every industry. Can't burn coal in California? No problem we'll burn it for you in Washington and sell you the "cleansed" electricity. Require solar power in Germany? No problem, we'll make the solar cells in China using coal for energy. and sell you the "clean" solar panels. There are some things you just can't legislate.
- omginternets 10y agoHow many farm animals are there in Luxembourg?
- stereo 10y agoHi from Luxembourg. Cows everywhere, chicken, pork, and a few sheep and horses. http://www.statistiques.public.lu/catalogue-publications/luxembourg/2012/PDF-10-12.pdf http://www.statistiques.public.lu/catalogue-publications/lux...
- GraffitiTim 10y agoVery much agreed, but still happy to see people trying to take a step in the right direction. They do mention ending the practice of killing male chicks, which is currently universal among egg-producing farms.
- ars 10y ago> They do mention ending the practice of killing male chicks Why? I mean if you want to make sure animals are not in pain, and treated well, no problem. But what's the reason for not killing the male chicks? What do they plan to do with them? Release them back into the wild?
- Sophistifunk 10y agoIt's either an outlandish demand they can let go of during negotiation in order to appear reasonable, Trump-style, or a genuine demand in order to make the price of eggs increase 10x, because they honestly believe the state should eventually be enforcing veganism.
- manmal 10y agoIDK if that price is well calculated, but here in Austria we can buy 6 organic eggs for which no male chicks died vs 10 organic eggs where they do die. Same price. Doesn't look like x10.
- MustardTiger 10y agoOnly produce female chicks in the first place. The tech is already available, only introduces a small increase in cost, and I believe Germany is mandating its use in a few years already.