Farm animal welfare standards comparison by country

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Table of farmed animal welfare standards / laws by country

Country Battery cages Beak trimming Chick culling CCTV in slaughter

houses

Foie gras production Hormone fed Hot branding Live export Mulesing[1] Sow stalls Stunning (ritual slaughter) Ractopamine (use of) [2] Fur Farming
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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