to a polling station in england tomorrow. in northern ireland that is already required. it is controversial but it will be necessary if you want to cast your vote. animal welfare campaigners are claiming the government has broken its own rules by allowing fast growing chickens to be reared. ministers say the animals are protected by legislation, but a group called the humane league have been in court, arguing the chickens sufferfrom health problems because they grow so quickly. they can reach slaughter weight in just five weeks. here s our environment and rural affairs correspondent claire marshall. the chicken industry is big business. 22 million birds are killed for their meat each week here in the uk. to save money feeding and housing them and to get more breast meat from each bird, they have been genetically selected to grow extremely quickly, up to three times faster than in the 1950s. they can now reach slaughter weight in around five weeks. studies show, though, that this can
be back to the top of the premier league this evening if they beat west ham arsenal are two points ahead after they beat chelsea last night. animal welfare campaigners are claiming the government has broken its own rules by allowing fast growing chickens to be reared. ministers say the animals are protected by legislation, but a group called the the humane league have been in court, arguing the chickens suffer from health problems because they grow so quickly. they can reach slaughter weight in just five weeks. here s our environment and rural affairs correspondent claire marshall. the chicken industry is big business. 22 million birds are killed for their meat each week here in the uk. to save money feeding and housing them and to get more breast meat from each bird,
Leah Garcés, president of Mercy For Animals and concerned mother, calls for an end to industrial animal agriculture. In this op-ed, she makes the case for why a sustainable and compassionate approach to food is necessary for a better future for our children.
away. i ve never heard of such stuff. i hated about the egg prices. i can go on a tangent about egg and chicken industry, george in the middle of it is being infiltrated, slave labor is working out the honest people trying to work in the industry. there s a lot going on behind egg price that is we don t talk about but if you re telling me you want to paint a potato for easter that s blast for me. families around their dinner table painting potatoes. [laughter] for easter, do you if you peel them before you boil them, does that get rid of the paint? they are the ones that decided to put this idea. all the irish said we did that once, don t try it.