by gamebirds_admin | Oct 12, 2018 | Timeline
Animal Aid’s investigators found pheasants in poor condition. Many suffered feather loss, some were fitted with beak shrouds, and some of the females had dressings covering their wounded backs. (It is likely they were hurt during mating. In the wild, they could evade...
by gamebirds_admin | Oct 12, 2018 | Timeline
Animal Aid investigators found dead pheasant chicks in the rearing sheds. Pheasants were kept in raised laying cages (these were old cages made from wood rather than metal), which had a rudimentary perch and a piece of string hanging down for ‘enrichment’. The birds...
by gamebirds_admin | Oct 12, 2018 | Timeline
Animal Aid investigators found pheasants kept in barren cages in contravention of the Code of Practice. One dead bird was left on top of the cages, which is a biosecurity concern under the Animal By-Products Regulations. A digital thermometer was left inside the cages...
by gamebirds_admin | Oct 12, 2018 | Timeline
Animal Aid investigators found stressed pheasants in poor physical condition. The raised units they were kept in had minimal enrichment – there were no nest boxes or areas for dust bathing.
by gamebirds_admin | Oct 12, 2018 | Timeline
Animal Aid investigators filmed partridges in barren cages. Action: On 15 June 2015, Animal Aid reported conditions at these two farms to the Defra Minister, Liz Truss. We received a response from Minister George Eustice on 24 June, in which he said that he had asked...
