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"We human beings had better hope that we will not be judged in the next world – if there is one – for our treatment of other species in this one. " Extracted from the Foreword written by The Honourable Bob Carr for "From Nest to Nugget" read more

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Books:
Weeks, CA and Butterworth, A (eds), Measuring and Auditing Broiler Welfare, CABI Publishing, Oxfordshire, UK, (2004)
Keeling, LJ and Gonyou, HW (eds), Social Behaviour in Farm Animals, CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK, (2001)
Rogers, LJ, The Development of Brain and Behaviour in the Chicken, CAB International, Oxfordshire, UK, (1995)
Webster, J, A Cool Eye Towards Eden, Blackwell Science, Oxford, (1995)
Singer, P and Mason, J, The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter, Rodale, New York, (2006)
Pollan,M, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, The Penguin Press, (2006)
Davis, K, Prisoned Chickens Poisoned Eggs, Book Publishing Company, Summertown, Tennessee, (1996)
Sunstein, CR and Nussbaum, MC (eds), Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions, Oxford University Press, New York (2004) - see specifically, Wolfson, DJ and Sullivan M 'Foxes in the Hen House: Animals, Agribusiness, and the Law: A Modern American Fable'

Articles:
Nierenberg, D and Garcés, L, Industrial Animal Agriculture – the next global health crisis?, World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), (2005)
RSPCA UK, Paying The Price: The Facts About Chickens Raised For Their Meat - see RSPCA UK website (www.rspca.org.uk)
Compassion in World Farming Trust, The Welfare of Broiler Chickens in the European Union, 2005, <http://www.ciwf.org.uk/includes/documents/cm_docs/2008/w/
welfare_of_broilers_in_the_eu_2005.pdf >
Joint Expert Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (JETACAR), The use of antibiotics in food-producing animals: antibiotic-resistant bacteria in animals and humans (1999)
European Commission Special Eurobarometer, Attitudes of Consumers Towards the Welfare of Farmed Animals, June 2005, p22 <http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/welfare/euro_barometer25_en.pdf>

Websites:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) - <www.daff.gov.au/agriculture-food/meat-wool-dairy/ilg/industries/chicken_meat>
Australian Chicken Meat Federation website - www.chicken.org.au
Australian Government Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation - specifically, R & D Plan for the Chicken Meat Program 2004 – 2009 <www.rirdc.gov.au/pub/chick5yr.htm>
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) - specifically, Broiler Chickens, <www.wspafarmwelfare.org/downffchickens.html>
Compassion in World Farming - www.ciwf.org.uk and www.ciwf.org.au
Humane Society of the United States - specifically, Farm Animals, http://www.hsus.org/farm/
United Poultry Concerns - http://www.upc-online.org/
Australian Organic Food Directory - specifically, Organic Chicken Production <www.organicfooddirectory.com.au/chickens.php>
Inglewood Farms - specifically, Chicken Comparisons <www.inglewoodfarms.com/chicken.html>
European Commission Special Eurobarometer, Attitudes of Consumers Towards the Welfare of Farmed Animals, June 2005, p22 <http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/welfare/euro_barometer25_en.pdf>

Other:
Primary Industries Ministerial Council, Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals- Poultry, (4th edition) (2002) (the Poultry Code)
Primary Industries Ministerial Council, Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals– Land Transport of Poultry, PISC Report 91, (2006), (Poultry Transport Code)
Commission Directive 2007/43/EC of 28 June 2007 Laying Down Minimum Rules for the Protection of Chickens Kept for Meat Production, Official Journal L182/19, 12.7.2007 (Chicken Directive)
 


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