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Text and pictures can't begin to describe the overcrowding
and confinement, the stench, the racket, the extremes
of heat and cold, the attacks and even cannibalism,
the hunger and starvation, the disease...the horror
of every day of their lives. Some of these videos
do a somewhat better job, but still fail to convey
the reality.
Investigations
In January 2007, a Mercy For Animals investigator
took a job at one of the nation’s largest poultry
slaughterhouses to witness the conditions firsthand:
Birds with broken legs and wings, open wounds, and
large tumors were shackled and hung on the slaughter
line; some of the injured were left writhing on the
floor for hours beforehand. Workers punched, kicked,
threw, and mutilated live birds; they tore eggs from
the birds’ bodies to toss at coworkers, and
ripped the heads off birds who were trapped inside
the transport cages.
See
video here.
In 2005, at an even larger facility, a PETA investigator
saw many birds mangled by the throat-cutting machines;
workers yanked the heads off birds who missed the
blade. Video;
photos.
Other investigations of KFC's "Suppliers of
the Year" -- 1,
2.
Other Videos
Meet Your
Meat -- an overview of modern agribusiness.
FactoryFarming.com
-- a collection of videos.
Humane
Kosher -- video and discussion about
the world's largest kosher slaughterhouse.
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