View source for Farm animal welfare standards comparison by country

Table of farmed animal welfare standards / laws by country
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!Country
!Battery cages
!Beak trimming
!Chick culling 
!CCTV in slaughter
houses
!Foie gras production
!Hormone fed
!Hot branding
!Live export
!Mulesing<ref>[[wikipedia:Mulesing|'''Mulesing''' is the removal of strips of wool-bearing skin from around the breech (buttocks) of a sheep to prevent the parasitic infection flystrike (myiasis)]]</ref>
!Sow stalls
!Stunning (ritual slaughter)
!Ractopamine (use of) <ref>[[wikipedia:Ractopamine|'''Ractopamine''' is an animal feed additive used to promote leanness and increase food conversion efficiency in farmed animals.]]</ref>
!Fur Farming
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|'''Australia'''
|Subnational bans
|Subnational bans
|Legal
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|Banned
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|Legal
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|Pre-cut stunning required
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|'''Canada'''
|Legal
|Legal
|Legal
|Voluntary
|Legal
|Legal
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|Legal
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|Legal
|Not required
|Legal
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|'''France'''
|Banned
|Legal
|Banned
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|Legal
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|Not required
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|'''Germany'''
|Banned
|Legal
|Banned
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|Banned
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|Not required
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|'''Ireland'''
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|'''New Zealand'''
|Subnational bans
|Subnational bans
|Legal
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|Banned
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|Banned from Apr 20, 2023
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|'''United Kingdom'''
|Banned
|Banned
|Legal
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|Legal
|Banned
|Legal
|Not required
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|'''United States of America'''
|Subnational bans
|Legal
|Legal
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|Not required
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== External links ==
[https://animaljustice.ca/blog/canada-uk-animal-welfare-standards Brits Concerned by Canada’s Lagging Animal Welfare Standards] Animal Justice

== References / notes ==
<references />
[[Category:Farm animals]]
[[Category:Animal law]]
[[Category:Needs updating]]
[[Category:Pigs]]
[[Category:Cows]]
[[Category:Chickens]]
[[Category:Sheep]]