Petition Ban putting live chicks into mascerating machines in the uk poultry industry.

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Unwanted Male chicks from the egg industry are gassed or macerated, maceration is carried out while the chicks are alive.

This petition is for the advocation of gassing over maceration and to hopefully ban maceration altogether.

Both methods are legal and approved by the RSPCA and the humane society.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

67 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 67 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 8 January 2015
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