Farm animal welfare standards comparison by country: Difference between revisions

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Table of farm animal welfare standards and laws by country.


Country	Battery cages	Beak trimming	Chick culling	CCTV in slaughter houses	Foie gras production	Hormone fed	Live export	Mulesing^[1]	Sow stalls	Stunning (ritual slaughter)	Ractopamine (use of) ^[2]
Australia	Subnational bans	Subnational bans	Legal		Banned			Legal		Pre-cut stunning required
Canada	Legal	Legal	Legal	Voluntary	Legal	Legal	Legal		Legal	Not required	Legal
France	Banned	Legal	Banned		Legal					Not required
Germany	Banned	Legal	Banned		Banned					Not required
Ireland
New Zealand	Subnational bans	Subnational bans	Legal		Banned		Banned from Apr 20, 2023
United Kingdom	Banned	Banned	Legal				Legal	Banned	Legal	Not required
United States of America	Subnational bans	Legal	Legal							Not required

External links

Brits Concerned by Canada’s Lagging Animal Welfare Standards Animal Justice

References / notes

[1] 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)

[2] Ractopamine is an animal feed additive used to promote leanness and increase food conversion efficiency in farmed animals.

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