daj198 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 There is a petition on the government website to make RSPCA freedom foods standard the minimum rearing conditions for meat birds in the UK! Only 33 people have signed so far Come on guys! It's here: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/chookwelfare/ I encourage you to sign and get your friends and family to sign too, we can get this to the PM! Can someone make this a sticky so that more people see it? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisaroo2 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Hi Dom That should be 35 now. Have just signed myself and hubbie-to-be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Signed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prettychic Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 signed x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa33 Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Sorry but we've argued this one before. If the UK were to do this it would make UK reared poultry more expensive and there is a majority out there that only buy food based on price. Cheap imports from other parts of the EU and further afield would flood our market, put the UK poultry industry down the pan and hey air miles anyone?Traceability? Accountability? If you think I'm alarmist, next time you are in the supermarket check out how much British pork there is for sale, and how much more expensive it is because we have banned farrowing crates in the UK. British pork farmers are going out of business every day. As I've said before, this is only meaningful if coupled with a ban on poultry imports, and in a free market that can never happen. The spirit of this petition is bang on and I dont want to **** on anyone's chips but I wont sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara.F Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 well I have. And I've copied and pasted the link to other forums I use too. I agree with Rhapsody about the banning of cheap foreign imports but I feel it is not beyond imagination that the same rules of rearing be applied to imports. Either way, I am tired of being told by supermarkets that customers demand cheap chicken I therefore added my voice to those 'demanding' more respectful treatment of animals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puffball Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 i have signed it and although i agree people do want cheap meat i think that the animal itself should be treated correctly. i'm sending the link round... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daj198 Posted May 25, 2008 Author Share Posted May 25, 2008 As I've said before, this is only meaningful if coupled with a ban on poultry imports I agree. I think imports should be banned too, I think CIWF are doing a campaign to stop the shipping of live animals for slaughter, the imported chickens would probably be slaughtered abroad though to make it cheaper. I would have added a ban on imports to the petition but I didn't start it. Thanks for sending the link on guys, we need at least 200 signatures to get a response.... cheap government! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Lou Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylis1980 Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 i signed it because i agree about imports being banned for meat we also have the land and facilitys to breed here in the UK- we are completely able to be self sufficient as a nation in this way- we just need to demand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surferdog Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Signed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tara Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Signed to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jills Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Signed. There are now 54 signatures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Me too - forwarded to OH's laptop so he can do it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharonX Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Singed too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*mummy_hen* Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 2 more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutrix Farmers Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Signed. Why should this just apply to the UK, we belong to the EU after all, why can't it be adopted Europe wide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daj198 Posted May 27, 2008 Author Share Posted May 27, 2008 Why should this just apply to the UK, we belong to the EU after all, why can't it be adopted Europe wide? Good point! The French probably wouldn't like it though.... we Brits couldn't suggest it, we'd have to persuade Germany to put it forward! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickaboo Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I have just been stuck in traffic, behind a lorry packed (and I mean packed) full of chickens in crates - some poking their heads out to see. One dead, with its head hanging out. I nearly cried. So I've just signed the petition - no animals should ever be treated like that so people in this country can have cheap meat. As far as I'm aware "Ooops, word censored!"ody in the Uk has ever starved from eating meat a few less times a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ's Chooks Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 76.... Oh I do hope this happens and a ban on 2 for a fiver chickens too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daj198 Posted May 27, 2008 Author Share Posted May 27, 2008 As far as I'm aware "Ooops, word censored!"ody in the Uk has ever starved from eating meat a few less times a week. Exactly! Some people say "I can't afford free range". Then eat less meat! The UK tradition of having meat at every meal is ridiculous. It takes 9 tonnes of feed to produce 1 tonne of beef, we can't go on eating so much meat. It's not sustainable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*mummy_hen* Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I think there should be a ban on all non free-range meats, eggs, etc. full stop. I totally agree with all of you that if you can't afford free-range....eat less! The thing i hate most is people who say "well i don't agree with it", yet in the next breath say they do still buy it!!! Grrrr! Well done to everyone signing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Signed! I hope it does some good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Tis done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
