article_snippet: Millions of ducks raised for the dinner table are being denied essentials like a pond to swim and bathe in, warns RSPCA.
article_snippet: The charity says the reality for the 14.3m ducks reared for meat in UK every year is very different from the Beatrix Potter and Jemima Puddle-duck view of farm life.
article_snippet: Poor conditions: Ducks are often crammed into barns in Ducks thousands in the semi-darkness without water to swim in .
article_snippet: In fact, most are reared in barns, where thousands of birds are crammed together in semi-darkness, and thousands of birds never get a chance to get thousands of birds feet wet, let alone swim around.
article_snippet: RSPCA said not one of these ducks are raised according to the minimum welfare standards RSPCA supports under RSPCA
article_snippet: A survey by RSPCA found most consumers have no idea how these ducks are raised and most would be appalled that most consumers do not get access to water to swim and bathe in.
article_snippet: Calling for action: RSPCA wants conditions to improve for the millions of ducks reared for meat in the UK .
article_snippet: It is disheartening that we are in a situation where the vast majority of farmed ducks are not provided with full body access to water.
article_snippet: We want consumers to know the facts about how farmed ducks have been reared, and We want the industry to take on board the evidence within the report and help improve the lives of millions of ducks.
article_snippet: A YouGov survey for RSPCA found that four in ten parents are likely to take children to a local pond or lake to feed how farmed ducks.
article_snippet: Yet the vast majority - 93 per cent - were unaware that it is not a legal requirement for farmed ducks to have bathing water farmed ducks can get into.
article_snippet: Some 78 per cent were ‘appalled’ that ducks farmed for ducks meat may never get access to bathing water.
article_snippet: We believe current UK law should be changed so that producers are legally required to provide farmed ducks with suitable open water facilities that allow producers fully body access.
article_snippet: ‘have been drawn up by a working group lacking in any practical experience of growing ducks on a commercial scale’.
highlights_snippet: RSPCA wants conditions improved for 14.3m ducks reared for meat in UK .
  
highlights_snippet: Most are crammed into barns in 14.3m ducks reared for meat in UK thousands, never getting to swim .
  