Intensive livestock farms are spread in American style EuropeWith new data that reveals more than 24,000 MEWAMAAAAAAAA like the continent.
In the United Kingdom alone, there are now 1824 pigs and industrial poultry farms, according to Data obtained by AGTIVIST This is related to the year 2023.
The countries that have the largest number of intense poultry farm units are France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Poland in this order. For poultry transplantation alone, the UK ranks second in the highest number of intense farms in 1553, behind France with 2,342.
The top 10 countries for the extensive swine and poultry farms are Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Poland, Belgium and Hungary, according to information obtained from the European Commission, and the regulatory agencies of the country and colleges.
Intensive livestock units are farms where 40,000 or more poultry, 2000 pigs or more pigs, or 750 or more seed simultaneously in the European Union and the United Kingdom. The increase comes in the so -called Megafarms throughout Europe With the number of small farms significantly, The income gap increased between large and small farms, according to the Guardian research. the The height of intense agriculture coincided with a decrease in birdsTypes of trees and butterfly numbers.
In Severn Woy, a hot point in the UK to grow intensive poultry, there are 79 chickens per person.
Throughout Europe, heavy poultry units are high The main engine for river pollution. Chicken droppings contain more phosphate – which are starving from fish and river plants – more than any other animal fertilizer.
In the United Kingdom, the number of intense farms grew from 1,621 in 2017 to 1824 in 2023, and according to the data issued under the laws of freedom of information to Terry Jeremy, a deputy southwest Norfolk, Megafarms in England violated the environmental regulations nearly 7,000 times.
The data indicates that the Environment Agency conducted about 17 inspections of intense livestock units per week, as 75 % of the inspections were found violations.
Violations include mortar drilling in a bad condition, causing their leakage and polluting the local environment, and a serious condition in which the special scientific interest site has been contaminated by liquid waste. There were also some serious air pollution incidents and many violations involved in the storage of animals.
When serious violations were found, work against farms was rare. For the most dangerous violations (Category 1 and 2), more than half receives any other procedure, “advice/instructions” or warning. Less than half of the accidents received an additional procedure such as the official warning, and less than 1 % received a “recommended” prosecution.
Jeremy said: “These horrific numbers besides the severity of a series of crimes clearly shows that the huge increase in factories’ farms similar to the United States since 2017 hurts our lands and displays our climatic goals and sustainability aspirations forward,” Jeremy said.
“In my electoral election circle, it is our lifeline, as well as the environment, and therefore, we must face a serious conversation about the type of agriculture that we need forward. It should be those that protect our societies, agriculture and nature, while enhancing animal care standards as well as harnessing food security.”
A spokesman for the Environment Agency said: “Environmental permits provide a strong and strong form of organization, which determines all other compliance and requires that it be addressed, regardless of the severity. In the past two years, 98 % of the swine and upper poultry farms have been recorded in previous records.
“The vast majority of non -extensions are low risks, and we are working with farmers to achieve compliance. That is, other than extreme risk compliance, or farms that fail to achieve themselves in compliance, will face enforcement procedure.”
Norfolk was called “the huge capital in Europe” with statistics of mercy in the world Agriculture It appears that there are now 122 megapixels in the province and 25,748,309 manufactured animals.
It would have raised nearly 900,000 chickens and pigs at any time there was approximately 900,000 chickens and pigs at any time It was recently banned By advisers about climate fears and pollution. There were objections on air pollution and influence on a water -depleted area.
Renck Hammers, CEO of Eurogroup for Animals, said the revelation around the mere of huge livestock throughout Europe should be an invitation to wake up in Brussels.
“[It] It contradicts promises to improve animal care and move towards more sustainable agriculture. It is important for the European Commission to make smart and informed choices about the future of agriculture. Funding should go to really sustainable agricultural systems, competitiveness and flexibility. “
