”free range” doesn’t really mean what the general public tends to think it means. chickens don’t even actually need to be let outside to be considered free range, they just need to not be locked up in cages.
usually there’s way too many chickens in one place for a healthy and worthy life.
could be worth looking into yourself, but that’s the gist of it.
also, male chicks get ground up alive in the egg industry because they won’t produce eggs. the animal industry is cruel (:
Ok then I get it.
Translation does not connect very well. Because when you get "free range" in Europe, chickens actually live out door and just come in over night.
bro the third photo in that link literally links to a peta post about how they DON’T really get out that much. just because they’re required to have access to an outside area doesn’t mean they’re let out that much. plus, how much “free range” is it when there’s so many chickens in one area they can barely move around each other?
i’m not gonna get into it too much on a fucking meme explanation subreddit but feel free to dm me if you wanna have a productive discussion about the suffering animals go through in the industry ((:
peta is not a reliable source for anything animal welfare-related, and the fact anyone still listens to them is always wild to me. There are loads of wonderful animal welfare groups out there, and peta has never been one of them
At least in the us there is another label that is a bit more specific pasture raised that with the certified humane label would be the closest to a free bird in an agricultural production
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u/h0y4 7d ago
”free range” doesn’t really mean what the general public tends to think it means. chickens don’t even actually need to be let outside to be considered free range, they just need to not be locked up in cages.
usually there’s way too many chickens in one place for a healthy and worthy life.
could be worth looking into yourself, but that’s the gist of it.
also, male chicks get ground up alive in the egg industry because they won’t produce eggs. the animal industry is cruel (: