Horror in an eggcup
Announcement posted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Australia 30 Jan 2020
The Editor
Dear Editor,
Most people don’t know the secret ingredient of egg dishes – unimaginable cruelty.
Egg producers consider male chicks to be an unwanted by-product, because they cannot lay eggs and are a different breed to chickens raised for the flesh on their oversized breasts and legs. They are therefore routinely killed by being thrown, live, into shredders or gassed.
The French government has announced it will ban the shredding of live chicks by the end of next year, and we hope other nations will follow suit. The sisters of those male chicks, however, will continue to endure a hideous fate as long as people eat eggs. Intelligent, curious, and easily frightened hens are commonly kept in extremely crowded and filthy conditions and are often painfully mutilated when the ends of their sensitive beaks are cut off. They, too, are slaughtered, when deemed no longer fit for egg production. Shoved into small crates—sometimes with broken wings or legs—they endure a harrowing journey to the slaughterhouse, where their throats are cut, often while they're still conscious.
The best way to help chicks is to make the ethical decision to stop eating eggs and flesh altogether and to switch to vegan foods.
Mimi Bekhechi
Campaigns Strategist
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Australia)
PO Box 20308 World Square
Sydney, NSW, 2002.
(08) 8556-5828
Dear Editor,
Most people don’t know the secret ingredient of egg dishes – unimaginable cruelty.
Egg producers consider male chicks to be an unwanted by-product, because they cannot lay eggs and are a different breed to chickens raised for the flesh on their oversized breasts and legs. They are therefore routinely killed by being thrown, live, into shredders or gassed.
The French government has announced it will ban the shredding of live chicks by the end of next year, and we hope other nations will follow suit. The sisters of those male chicks, however, will continue to endure a hideous fate as long as people eat eggs. Intelligent, curious, and easily frightened hens are commonly kept in extremely crowded and filthy conditions and are often painfully mutilated when the ends of their sensitive beaks are cut off. They, too, are slaughtered, when deemed no longer fit for egg production. Shoved into small crates—sometimes with broken wings or legs—they endure a harrowing journey to the slaughterhouse, where their throats are cut, often while they're still conscious.
The best way to help chicks is to make the ethical decision to stop eating eggs and flesh altogether and to switch to vegan foods.
Mimi Bekhechi
Campaigns Strategist
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Australia)
PO Box 20308 World Square
Sydney, NSW, 2002.
(08) 8556-5828