Germanosphere

The term "Germanosphere" is being used to refer to countries with a German-speaking majority as a first language. For Belgium and Luxembourg, see France & Benelux

Chickens

• 25.4% of laying hens in Switzerland have moderately or severely deformed keel bones.[S]

• During an egg-laying period in Germany, mortality in conventional farms was 11.6%, and 9.7% in organic farms.[S]

• Despite only 6% of laying hens in Germany being kept in cages, notably only 20% are kept in free-range systems.[S]

• Only 1.4% of broiler chickens in Germany have access to the outdoors.[S]

Pigs

• 50% of pigs in Austria are stunned using CO₂ gas chambers.[S]

• 95% of male piglets in Austria are castrated, with only 1% receiving proper pain relief (both anesthesia & analgesia).[S]

• 21% of pigs in Germany die before ever reaching slaughter — 13.6 million every year.[S]

• 75% of pigs in Germany are stunned using CO₂ gas chambers.[S]

Cattle

• 23-39% of dairy cows in Germany suffer from lameness.[S][S]

• Around 10% of dairy cows in Germany are housed in tie-stall barns.[S]

• Only 31% of dairy cows in Germany have access to pasture.[S]

• Over 50% of cows on organic dairy farms in Germany suffer from mastitis.[S]

• Over 90% of dairy farms in Germany perform disbudding, with only 0.7-3.7% of them using treatment considered effective at pain relief.[S]