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[ [link removed] ]Close up of baby chicks in an incubator.

 

John,

Every year, hundreds of millions of tiny, day-old male chicks are killed
in Europe simply because they will never lay eggs. Many are shredded
alive. Others are gassed. Their entire lives — all 24 hours of them —
reduced to an industry “cost.”

It doesn’t have to be this way. And right now, we have a rare chance to
change the law and save millions of lives.

The European Commission has opened a public consultation on its on-farm
animal welfare legislation, including whether to finally ban this brutal
practice – but it closes December 12.

We urgently need your help to flood this consultation with thousands and
thousands of our voices and make our calls for a ban impossible to ignore.
If enough of us chip in, we can unleash a wave of hard-hitting ads that
expose the reality of chick shredding and drive people to the public
consultation.

What happens in the next 11 days will determine the fate of billions of
animals for years to come. Can you help us end animal cruelty and save
newborn chicks from instant death?



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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) warned that killing day-old
chicks using high-speed grinders isn’t a quick and painless death. Their
scientific review found that slow blade rotation, overloaded machines, or
rollers set too wide can leave chicks conscious during the process,
exposing them to intense suffering, pain, distress, and fear.

Germany and France have already banned chick culling. But across the rest
of Europe, the practice continues at an industrial scale. This
consultation could be the turning point, but first we need resources –
fast. 

If enough of us chip in today, we can:

* Mobilise massive public input to flood the consultation with calls for
a full EU-wide ban.

* Launch an “End Chick Shredding” media drive, with powerful ads
exposing the cruelty the industry hides.

* Keep up high-impact lobbying after the consultation closes to ensure
the final legislation includes a ban.

We know how to win this. When people see what’s really happening — when
decision-makers feel the public’s outrage — the tide turns. Germany and
France didn’t act spontaneously. They acted because people refused to look
away.

Now it’s Europe’s turn, but we don’t have much time. Can you rush a
donation to help us end animal cruelty and save newborn chicks from
instant death? 



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 Your donation will help power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting
for people and the planet. 



  Thanks for all that you do,  
Allison and the Ekō team



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]Chick and Duckling Killing: Achieving an EU-Wide Prohibition The
European Institute for Animal Law & Policy 01 December 2024

[ [link removed] ]What happens to male chicks in the egg industry? RSPCA Assured 30
September 2025

 

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