The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has called for sweeping changes to curb cruel practices in the egg and meat industry and has urged people to go vegan.
A press release issued here by Mr. Sachin Bangera of PETA India here on Tuesday claimed that an investigation of several hatcheries and farms in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana had revealed that millions of male chicks as well as other unwanted chicks are commonly drowned, burned, crushed, thrown into rubbish bins, and even fed to other animals while still alive by top players in the industry.
The investigation was conducted by Anonymous for Animal Rights.
PETA has called on the government to consider implementing new in-ovo sexing technology (in which the chick’s gender is determined before it hatches), to establish and implement a written standard for painless euthanasia for unhealthy chicks, and to take stern action against companies that kill chicks in cruel ways.
