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Parliament has been tasked to pass laws banning farming practices that subject animals to inhumane treatment.
According to the Animal Welfare League, an NGO that seeks the welfare of the animal, practices such as battery caging instead of free range prevent poultry birds from undergoing their natural activities freely, and this affects the growth, welfare, and nutritional value of poultry products.
The caged system of poultry rearing is widespread in Ghana.
With this, a greater number of birds are kept even within a small area and protected from predators.
Though an aged-long practice, the caged rearing of poultry has been identified to prevent the birds from free movement and growth.
At a public sensitization forum for poultry farmers in Kumasi, the Animal Welfare League, an NGO that seeks the welfare of animals revealed that plans are far advanced in engaging parliament and corporate entities to ban restrictive animal farming practices in the country.
Daniel Abiliba, director of the Animal Welfare League, says the cage-free practices improve the life of the birds.
The Ashanti regional chairman of the Poultry Farmers Association, Boris Baidoo, admitted that free-range poultry is healthier than caged ones.
By uniquenewsgh.com
