End the Cage Age: Italian quail farming investigation
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Investigation carried out by the investigative team of Essere Animali and released by the Italian End the Cage Age coalition, of which Humane Society International/Europe is a member, documenting the conditions of two quail farms located in Lombardy and Veneto, the Italian regions with the largest number of farms of this species, providing a very worrying picture: animals confined in barren cages, no enrichment, sick and agonizing animals. Quail farming for egg and meat production involves a far from insignificant number of animals in Italy. In 2021, over 8.5 million quails were slaughtered (BDN data, National Data Bank of the Ministry of Health).
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Essere Animali/End the Cage Age|Essere Animali
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