The vast majority of poultry are raised using intensive farming techniques. According to the Worldwatch institute, 74 per cent of the world’s poultry meat, and 68 per cent of eggs are produced this way. One alternative to intensive poultry farming is free range farming. Friction between these two main methods has led to long term issues of ethical consumerism. Opponents of intensive farming argue that it harms the environment and creates health risks, as well as abusing the animals themselves. Advocates of intensive farming say that their highly efficient systems save land and food resources due to increased productivity, stating that the animals are looked after in state-of-the-art environmentally controlled facilities. A few countries have banned cage system housing, including Sweden Switzerland.
Consumers can still purchase low cost eggs from other countries intensive poultry farms. Poultry is the category of domesticated birds that people keep for the purpose of collecting their eggs, or killing for their meat and/or feathers. Poultry also include other birds which are killed for their meat, such as pigeons or doves or birds considered to be game, like pheasants.
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