Herod's premium
The press described an agricultural EU premium as the Herod Premium , which was paid out from 1996 to 2000 for the slaughter of young calves under 20 days old in some EU countries. For each calf, the equivalent of between 230 and 288 DM was paid.
The name is a composition created by animal rights activists and is derived from Herod (73-4 BC), who, according to the Bible, had newborn children killed because he feared the baby Jesus among them .
practice
The official name is Premium (special allowance) for early slaughter of calves up to 20 days old. The “Herod Premium” was introduced in order to stabilize the meat prices suffering from oversupply in Europe. Since the EU regulation does not allow the calf carcasses to reach the normal meat market, the animals are mostly destroyed, processed into animal meal or fish feed. Only in Great Britain, Ireland, France and Portugal was the premium paid, up to February 1999 for around 3 million calves.
Situation in Germany
In Germany, the premium is not permitted, as the German Animal Welfare Act requires a reasonable reason for killing animals and it is controversial whether market regulation is such a reason. The German federal government together with the commissioners from Denmark, Austria and Sweden always put ethical concerns about this practice on record. The export of German calves was also prevented by the animal welfare transport ordinance prohibiting the transport of calves under 14 days old.
Web links
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- ^ Plenary report of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1999
- ↑ Not all calves are alike - bad luck ... July 15, 2013, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
- ↑ http://oekoimpuls.de/natur/praemie.htm
- ↑ http://www.parlament.gv.at/pd/steno/PG/DE/XX/NRSITZ/NRSITZ_00174/SEITE_0193.html?P_PM=SEITE_0193
- ↑ Animal Welfare Transport Ordinance, §10