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Article: RSPCA Calls For Spaced-Out Chickens.
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- August 24, 2009
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M2 PRESSWIRE-24 August 2009-RSPCA: RSPCA Calls For Spaced-Out Chickens(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
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The RSPCA is urging the Government not to compromise the welfare of millions of chickens reared for meat by reducing the amount of space they have to live in.
Despite strong support from consumers, retailers and farmers for better animal welfare', the lives of hundreds of millions of chickens reared for meat in England and Wales are still hanging in the balance.
Defra is considering new EU legislation which includes providing meat chickens with less space than current industry practice in England. The RSPCA believes this ...