Current legal status of chick culling in the poultry industry around the world.
  Ban on all chick culling (France and Germany from 1 January 2022)
  Grinding chicks illegal, gassing chicks legal (Switzerland)
  Planned ban on all chick culling by 2022 (Spain)
  Planned ban on grinding chicks (currently none)
  Chick culling legal, no ban planned
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July 2021 update: France and Germany ban all chick culling per 1 January 2022 (first countries in the world to do so), and call on other EU member states to follow suit:
Germany bans male chick culling from 2022. Deutsche Welle (20 May 2021). Retrieved on 25 July 2021.
Reuters (18 July 2021). "France bans crushing and gassing of male chicks from 2022". Euronews. Retrieved on 24 July 2021.
Julia Dahm &amp; Magdalena Pistorius (21 July 2021). "Germany, France call on EU countries to also ban culling of male chicks". Euractiv. Retrieved on 25 July 2021.Vuilleumier, Marie (20 September 2019). Switzerland bans shredding of male chicks. Swissinfo. Retrieved on 19 February 2020. (Switzerland)
 (30 October 2019). "Le « broyage des poussins » devrait être interdit en France à la fin de 2021". Le Monde. Retrieved on 21 May 2020. (EU, focus on France and Germany)
AFP (13 January 2020). "Germany, France to push EU to end shredding of male chicks". France 24. Retrieved on 21 May 2020. (EU, focus on France and Germany)
AFP (28 January 2020). "La France veut interdire la castration à vif des porcelets et le broyage des poussins à la fin de 2021". Le Monde. Retrieved on 21 May 2020. (EU, focus on France and Germany)
 (29 January 2020). "France to ban culling of unwanted male chicks by end of 2021". BBC News. Retrieved on 29 January 2020. (EU, focus on France and Germany)
Caroline Quevrain (28 January 2020). "Quatre questions sur la fin annoncée du broyage des poussins mâles". La Chaîne Info. Retrieved on 21 May 2020. (France apparently not explicitly banning gassing by 2022)
Aurora Cancela Pérez (27 March 2020). "El sacrificio de pollitos macho en España podría terminar en 2021 según el Ministerio de Agricultura". Crónica Norte. Retrieved on 21 May 2020. (Spain)
Michael Brice-Saddler (30 January 2020). "France says its poultry industry will stop shredding male chicks alive by 2022". The Washington Post. Retrieved on 21 May 2020. (United States)
Louise Gray (4 November 2010). "40 million chicks on 'conveyor belt to death'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 22 May 2020. (United Kingdom)
 (20 July 2016). "Shredding day-old chicks: how Australia’s egg industry works". ABC Online. Retrieved on 22 May 2020. (Australia)
Anne Beston (7 April 2001). "Chick-shredding ordeal shocks unprepared staff". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved on 22 May 2020. (New Zealand)
Catherine Harris (12 June 2016). "Poultry industry hails potential to avoid male chick cull". Stuff (website). Stuff Ltd. Retrieved on 22 May 2020. (New Zealand)
Melanie Epp (19 December 2016). "Hypereye: A game changer". Canadian Poultry Magazine. Retrieved on 22 May 2020. (Canada)
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