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SHELL TO HELL
A new Mercy For Animals undercover investigation at a Maple Leaf-owned hatchery in Ontario reveals chicks thrown by their fragile wings, drowned in scalding water, and ground up alive.
WHAT THE INVESTIGATION EXPOSED:
Chicks flung by their fragile wings and slammed into metal dividers
Live chicks sent through a scalding washing machine, burned, and drowned
Chicks overloaded and roughly crammed into macerators to be ground up alive
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CRUELTY CRITICS
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 “[I]n a commercial hatchery, there is very little consideration for the behavioral biology of the animals, the pain, stress and fear they may experience as they are conveyed through the equipment, and little regard for the occasional animal who is mauled by the machinery.” Sara Shields, PhD “Because there are huge numbers of birds being processed and speed is important, birds are given no more care than if they were widgets. The workers fling, throw and drop the birds without any regard for their welfare.” Mary Richardson, DVM “Workers are clearly desensitized to the animals’ suffering, joking and laughing about playing ‘football’ with chicks who have fallen from the machines, animals being boiled alive or mangled in the macerator.” John Sorenson, PhD |
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