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RE: Tiny Chicks As Festival Prizes?
Here in the Philippines the chicks are sprayed with powder color to make them more attractive, especially to the kids. Sadly, the mortality rate for these chicks are really high because they become playthings of the children. Most of the chicks are "rejects" from poultry farms. They are rejected because they are males, there is no profit in keeping male chicks. They couldn't produce eggs and its costly to feed so they are rejected. Our government do not have any intention of solving issues like this, its really saddening. :(
Sadly, we have laws on the books in my state to deter this type of thing. But what good are the laws if they aren't enforced? It's an awful thing, and doesn't teach children any lessons they should be learning.
I think its both the same here and there. The supply of these chicks for both countries is close to unlimited. If its a threatened species, governments would surely act but its not.