Post by lixxylu on Sept 2, 2005 9:17:52 GMT
Free range does not mean cruelty free!
'Free range' is a very misleading term which does not necessarily guarantee that the animals lived anything resembling a natural or normal lifestyle with no restraints on their freedom or behaviour.
The conditions free range animals can be kept in are much more confined than people would imagine, albeit given more room than factory farmed animals, they can still be reared intensively in small living spaces with restricted access to the outdoors.
The label 'organic' also implies better welfare standards yet a tiny percentage of the meat produced in the UK is truly 'organic'.
Organically-farmed and 'free range' animals might have a slightly better quality of life than factory farmed animals but they will be subjected to the trauma of transport to the slaughterhouse where they die a terrifying, bloody death.
There is no such thing as a 'free range' or 'organic abattoir' - the animals are killed in exactly the same way as those who were reared on a factory farm.
By 31 December 2012 farmers must have phased out the use of battery cages in favour of 'free-range' farming. 'Enriched cages' will have to give at least 750 sq cm of space per chicken - twice the size of current cages, but still less than the size of two sheets of A4 paper.
'Free range' is a very misleading term which does not necessarily guarantee that the animals lived anything resembling a natural or normal lifestyle with no restraints on their freedom or behaviour.
The conditions free range animals can be kept in are much more confined than people would imagine, albeit given more room than factory farmed animals, they can still be reared intensively in small living spaces with restricted access to the outdoors.
The label 'organic' also implies better welfare standards yet a tiny percentage of the meat produced in the UK is truly 'organic'.
Organically-farmed and 'free range' animals might have a slightly better quality of life than factory farmed animals but they will be subjected to the trauma of transport to the slaughterhouse where they die a terrifying, bloody death.
There is no such thing as a 'free range' or 'organic abattoir' - the animals are killed in exactly the same way as those who were reared on a factory farm.
By 31 December 2012 farmers must have phased out the use of battery cages in favour of 'free-range' farming. 'Enriched cages' will have to give at least 750 sq cm of space per chicken - twice the size of current cages, but still less than the size of two sheets of A4 paper.