Ban Hatch & Dispatch Campaign Roadmap
How can we end the practice of killing day-old male chicks? Read our roadmap to abolish one of the farming industry’s cruellest practices.
We have put together a three-step-plan for the Government to end the killing of male chicks.
- Defra should convene a summit of all stakeholders in the next 2-3 months – including the BEIC, retailers, NGOs and input from other countries which have already banned the practice.
a. The purpose of the summit should be to agree on a deadline for when the practice should end and a series of workable and practical steps to help achieve this objective, including timelines for their delivery ahead of the deadline. This may include a pilot project as soon as possible to learn lessons about how to introduce the new technology as quickly and cost effectively as possible. - Defra should establish a Working Group (including representatives from the egg industry, retailers and animal welfare experts and organisations) to develop an implementation plan for a ban, including how industry can best be supported to make the transition.
- Defra should make clear that the backstop for any failure by industry to implement a ban
by the deadline will be legislation. This will ensure that focus remains on delivering the
Government’s ultimate objective – “to see an end to the practice of killing day-old chicks”.
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