Renewed pressure on Big Egg to stop violently killing 'useless' male chicks

By Esther Han
Updated August 15 2016 - 6:28am, first published July 19 2016 - 12:46pm
NSW Farmers Egg Committee chairman Bede Burke with a new delivery of 27,000 day-old chicks. Photo: Paul Mathews
NSW Farmers Egg Committee chairman Bede Burke with a new delivery of 27,000 day-old chicks. Photo: Paul Mathews
Male chicks on a conveyor belt at a  Specialised Breeders Australia hatchery in Victoria. Photo: Animla Liberation
Male chicks on a conveyor belt at a Specialised Breeders Australia hatchery in Victoria. Photo: Animla Liberation
Male chicks drop to their deaths at a Specialised Breeders Australia facility in Victoria. Photo: Animal Liberation
Male chicks drop to their deaths at a Specialised Breeders Australia facility in Victoria. Photo: Animal Liberation

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