European animal welfare law will reduce livestock production

The UPA-COAG Alliance stated that the animal welfare text prepared by the European Union will have serious consequences for the livestock sector, with a loss of poultry production of 70% and will also require enormous investments in the rest of the livestock facilities. In Castilla y León, it is considered that any law that further restricts the standard on animal welfare puts the future of the pig, poultry and rabbit farming sector at risk, since the risks are very high, as well as the costs and needs that would imply any elimination of cages, restrictions on the transport of live animals or reduction of animals on farms, El Debate reports. Among the recommendations presented by the European authority, one of the most impactful is to reduce the population density of conventional broiler chickens to a maximum of 11 kilograms per square meter, with which the number of birds on farms would have to be reduced by approximately 70%. «The professional livestock farmers of Castilla y ...