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- How free-range are free-range chickens? - BBC Science Focus . . .
Asked by: Emma Spratley, Newcastle-under-Lyme UK regulations require free-range poultry to have access to the outside during daylight hours via ‘popholes’ Each bird needs to have at least 4m 2 of outside space The indoor barn where the birds perch and lay eggs can have up to nine birds per square metre EU organic standards require lower densities of six birds per square metre in the
- Bird flu outbreak: More than 90 million chickens have been . . .
More than 4 million chickens in Iowa will have to be killed after a case of the highly pathogenic bird flu was detected at a large egg farm, the state announced Tuesday
- The facts about factory farms | Humane World for Animals
Bad for the environment Most animal meat is cheap Chicken meat averages just $2 33 a pound, thanks in part to government subsidies and the economies of scale: With vast sheds that house tens of thousands of birds slaughtered at less than 2 months old, factory farms churn out chicken meat at a rapid pace But there is a hidden cost, though it’s not paid by the titans of the meat industry
- Population | United Nations
In 1950, five years after the founding of the United Nations, world population was estimated at around 2 6 billion people It reached 5 billion in 1987 and 6 in 1999 In October 2011, the global
- Top 10 Reasons Not to Eat Chickens - PETA
Quite simply, chickens are the most abused animals on the planet Here are our top 10 reasons not to eat chicken and keep them off your plate for good
- The hidden health impacts of industrial livestock systems
With a human population that is projected to surpass 9 7 billion people by 205012, combined with a growing demand for meat and dairy, particularly across Asia and Africa, the spread of industrial livestock systems around the world will significantly increase the risks to public health in the years to come
- Chicken v. Wildlife: The Environmental Costs of Eating Poultry
Eating less chicken is a powerful way that you can protect wildlife and the planet Chicken is playing an increasingly large role in the American diet as people trade red meat for more poultry Americans now eat more chicken per capita than beef or pork
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