Stephen Fry's call to end 'hatch and dispatch' cruelty

STEPHEN Fry is speaking out to save chickens this Easter, backing a campaign calling on the government to ban "the unnecessary and inhumane killing of male chicks".

- NADA FARHOUD

Sweet images of fluffy chicks are everywhere right now. But every year in the UK, 40-45 million day-old male chicks are killed - usually by gassing - simply because they cannot lay eggs and are not suitable for meat production.

Broadcaster Stephen says: "Shockingly almost every egg you buy in the UK today involves the death of 45 million baby chicks. This wasteful and cruel practice is called hatch and dispatch.