Animal Welfare

The proper performance has to conform to quite specific regulations. The most important criteria in this respect are:

 

 

No, on the contrary: The feather bedding industry is rather benefiting from correct animal husbandry, even if the manufacturers neither keep animals nor produce meat and are not involved in the slaughtering process.

 

Birds that are kept in good condition and are well treated not only yield good meat, but good by-products as well in the form of high-quality filling material, which is very easy and cost-effective to process yet also saves resources as the processing of high-quality primary components may be organised, for instance, in a more energy-sav

 

Duck feathers and down stem from dead animals: As far as we know, duck down and feathers are exclusively collected after the slaughtering.

 

In geese, the gathering of feathers from the live animal, the so-called harvesting of feathers during the moulting season, is permitted by law.