Urge Defra to Reject Higher Stocking Densities for Chickens


	Urge Defra to Reject Higher Stocking Densities for Chickens

brightlight4

6-16-2009 8:54 AM

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6-16-2009 10:42 AM

doodleicious

makes that chicken on the menu-look like an ultra-bad choice- farming practices it appears are going from bad to worse- this is just nutz!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7e61637d-c9f8-4431-8ee0-7f6df0587277/ECE42542-599B-4A3E-92FB-09AFA2A991DC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://action.peta.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=5&ea.campaign.id=3540&ea.campaign.mode=DEMO&ea.url.id=10207&ea.campaigner.email=brightlight4@gmail.com" href="http://action.peta.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=5&ea.campaign.id=3540&ea.campaign.mode=DEMO&ea.url.id=10207&ea.campaigner.email=brightlight4@gmail.com" style="font-size: 11px;">action.peta.org.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://action.peta.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=5&ea.campaign.id=3540&ea.campaign.mode=DEMO&ea.url.id=10207&ea.campaigner.email=brightlight4@gmail.com"><H1>Urge Defra to Reject Higher Stocking Densities for Chickens</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://action.peta.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=5&ea.campaign.id=3540&ea.campaign.mode=DEMO&ea.url.id=10207&ea.campaigner.email=brightlight4@gmail.com"><DIV><TABLE border="0" align="right"><TBODY><TR><TD align="center"><TABLE width="10" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD align="center"><IMG src="http://action.peta.org.uk:80/ea-campaign/action.retrievefile.do?ea_fileid=4436" /></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Take Action Below</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>As if factory farming weren't already <STRONG><A target="_blank" href="http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=cot_uk"><FONT color="#ff6600">cruel enough</FONT></A></STRONG>, the UK government is currently considering changing the welfare laws for chickens raised for meat – for the worse. Farming Minister Jane Kennedy is currently considering introducing <STRONG><A target="_blank" href="http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/broiler-welfare/index.htm"><FONT color="#ff6600">European Union regulations</FONT></A></STRONG> that would allow even more chickens to be crammed onto factory farms, boosting profits for the farmers at the expense of chicken welfare. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://action.peta.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=5&ea.campaign.id=3540&ea.campaign.mode=DEMO&ea.url.id=10207&ea.campaigner.email=brightlight4@gmail.com"><DIV>If the proposal is implemented in the UK, in certain circumstances, farmers will now be allowed to force up to 21 fully grown birds into every square metre. That's the equivalent size of less than an A4 sheet of paper per fully grown chicken. Although the government must adopt the minimum standards set by the European Directive, it can choose to introduce higher standards. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://action.peta.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=5&ea.campaign.id=3540&ea.campaign.mode=DEMO&ea.url.id=10207&ea.campaigner.email=brightlight4@gmail.com"><BR /><STRONG>Please write to Defra Minister Jim Fitzpatrick MP now and urge her to reject higher stocking densities for broiler chickens</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://action.peta.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=5&ea.campaign.id=3540&ea.campaign.mode=DEMO&ea.url.id=10207&ea.campaigner.email=brightlight4@gmail.com">action is needed immed</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/ECE42542-599B-4A3E-92FB-09AFA2A991DC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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