Mastodawn

Eating lamb at #Easter is a traditional but ironic way to celebrate a holiday that’s all about new life. Because how do we humans celebrate new life? By eating it.

Dating back to ancient times, the egg symbolised new life and fertility. Like with lambs, it’s ironic that the consumption of eggs actually prevents new life from being born.

In natural conditions, a mother would take great care of her unhatched eggs, using a special call to communicate with the chicks inside

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Totts 23h ago

But on commercial egg farms, hens and chicks never meet. Instead, chickens destined for egg production are hatched inside industrial incubators. Female chicks will replace their mothers as ‘layers’ while male chicks, who cannot lay eggs, will be killed for being economically ‘useless’. 40-45 million of these newly hatched chicks are macerated or gassed in hatcheries each year, on their very first day of life.

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#goVegan

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Solène

@Geri I will try my best. 🥹