Problem
Cruelty to animals in factory farming
Other Names:
Debeaking of chickens in factory farming Nature:
Overcrowding (causing severe stress), inadequate space allowance and immobilization of animals (causing malformations), tethering, use of slats, inadequate lighting, use of wire mesh flooring for poultry and lamb, beak clipping, use of spectacles and dubbing of poultry, inadequate feeding of white veal calves, inhumane slaughter of unwanted male chicks (suffocation in airtight barrels, drowning in boiling water, boxes connected with a car exhaust pipe), are all examples of cruelty to animals in some factory farming.
Broader Problems:
Cruelty to animals Unsanitary and inhumane food animal conditions Narrower Problems:
Animal malformation in factory farming Related Problems:
Diseases of ducksDiseases of turkeysDiseases of chickens Aggravates:
Animal deaths Strategies:
Factory farmingBeing cruel to animals Subject(s):
Agriculture, Fisheries → FarmingBirds, Mammals → Poultry
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Zoology → Animals
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST