Year: 1999
Grant: £4,750
Mr Avraham Pinkas of Hai-Meshek
In October 1999, SAWI made an award of £4,750 (with a further £4,750 being given by Science for Animal Welfare’s sister charity, the Humane Slaughter Association, with whom premises and staff are shared) to Mr Avraham Pinkas of Hai-Meshek to support the development and building of electrical facilities for the humane killing of day-old chicks. Before this technology was developed, very large numbers of day-old chicks were not killed humanely (male hatchlings are an unwanted byproduct of the laying hen production industry).