The European Union is progressively tightening the rules for transporting chickens to slaughter in an effort to reduce the number of deaths on the road
by NORMAN DUNN
Just before a series of improvements to chicken welfare during transport were introduced in 2007, it was estimated that 11 million birds were dying during that last journey every year in Europe – and that was the lowest estimate. On the positive side, this shock statistic kick-started reforms in bird welfare that are still continuing.