37 Million Chickens Are Killed Every Week By Just One Company

More than 2,000 fish have died after a river was polluted with slurry.
About three miles of the River Dulas, near Capel Isaac in Carmarthenshire, has been affected since the pollution was reported on July 8, 2019.
Invertebrates and fish, including brown trout, bullhead, eels, lamprey, stone loach, minnow and salmon, are affected.
( BBC News, 17.07.2019 )  ..  bbc.co.uk

25 Million Chickens Are Killed Every Day Just In The United States.
The disturbing world of factory farming where 25 million chickens are killed for food every day just in the United States.
In the eyes of executives at the world’s biggest meat companies, slaughterhouse workers are disposable, just like the animals they process.
Every year, 65.8 billion chickens live and die on factory farms.
They spend their lives crowded into industrial feeding operations where they barely have enough room to flap their wings.
Many suffocate and die to due overcrowding.
It’s sad and sadistic, to say the absolute least.
( Matthew Zampa, 06.05.2019 )  ..  sentientmedia.org

About 10,000 fish have been killed by an agricultural pollutant.
An investigation revealed roach and trout died in the River Mole, South Molton.
The Environment Agency said the source of the chemical-based pollutant which impacted 5km (3.1 mile) of a river had been identified and it would now be working out how it got into the river.
( BBC News, 05.08.2019 )  ..  bbc.co.uk

37 Million Chickens Are Killed Every Week By Just One Company.
Tyson supplies food to restaurants like KFC, Taco Bell, Burger King, and McDonald’s.
Their products are also distributed to small businesses and institutional food services like prisons.
Tyson Foods is everywhere.
In 2018, Tyson sold $40billion worth of products, with sales consisting mostly of beef and chicken.
Tyson slaughters around 133,000 cows per week within a dozen facilities, 408,000 pigs per week in nine facilities, and 37,000,000 chickens per week in 50 facilities.
Let’s pause on one data point there: 37 million chickens killed per week by just one company.
Being one of the top meat producers in the United States means that production cycles must be fast, animals must be bred in large quantities, and the slaughtering process must be a continuous cycle.
( Taylor Meek, 08.08.2019 )  ..  sentientmedia.org

Thousands of fish have died in a pollution spill in the River Sheppey in Somerset.
A 15km (9.3-mile) stretch of the river near Godney is affected.
The agency is working to boost oxygen levels in the water and is spraying the river with hydrogen peroxide.
Samples from the river have been sent for examination and the cause of the pollution is expected to be known later.
In one section of the river there are “at least 3,000 dead fish”, mainly trout and bullheads, but there are also huge numbers of dead invertebrates and insects, an Environment Agency spokesman said.
( BBC News, 05.08.2019 )  ..  bbc.co.uk

Young Piglets, Lambs, Goats, Calves And Chickens Are Routinely Mutilated Without Anaesthetic.
When activists shut down downtown Melbourne, chaining themselves to cars and blocking traffic for hours to raise awareness for the animal suffering happening behind closed doors on factory farms and in slaughterhouses across Australia, they caught the attention of millions of people around the world.
In a coordinated effort, a covert group of activists in breathing masks and plastic booties gained access to a slaughterhouse in Queensland and staged a non-violent, sit-in protest.

The demonstrations were meant to commemorate the one year anniversary of Dominion, the landmark documentary film about animal exploitation on factory farms.
The film was viewed 55,000 times in the 48 hours following the protests.
But the federal government quickly shifted the narrative away from the film and came to the defense of farmers, villainising the activists involved.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke out against the non-violent protests, also called direct action, calling them unwarranted attacks on factory farms by a group of torch-bearing vegan vigilantes yelling rape, slavery, and bloody murder.
In New South Wales (NSW), Australia’s south-eastern state, animal rights activism now comes at a whole new cost, being called a terrorist.

Over the past 40 years, investigators have revealed countless atrocities that would have continued to be an industry secret.
Every day, five-day-old male calves are slaughtered because they won’t ever be able to produce milk.
Farmers use carbon dioxide gas chambers to sedate pigs before they are slaughtered by the millions.

Young piglets, lambs, goats, calves, and chickens are routinely mutilated without anaesthetic.
These are all problems inherent to the factory farming industry and often invisible to consumers.
What happens on factory farms stays on factory farms, as long as they can keep activists out.
( Matthew Zampa, 05.08.2019 )  ..  sentientmedia.org

Fish are being left to die in canals that have become suffocated by duck weed.
Members of the Valley Carpers said Torfaen council is not dealing quickly enough to clear waterways around Cwmbran that are swamped in weeds.
They said they have found dead fish in the canals and have now taken to clearing the water by hand.
Recent sunshine has seen the floating weed spread rapidly into a green carpet across the slow-moving water along parts of the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal system.
Duck weed is not harmful to humans or animals but if left to thrive, thousands of tiny plants can accumulate and starve the waterway of oxygen and sunlight.
( BBC News, 02.08.2019 )  ..  bbc.co.uk

China, Thailand and Brazil join the U.S. in most pigs slaughtered, bringing the collective total to hundreds of millions each year.
Despite the fact that pigs are sensitive, intelligent, and cognitively complex animals, they are abused and slaughtered in horrific ways every day because people “just can’t live without bacon.”
Smithfield Foods raises and slaughters millions of innocent beings every year because profit trumps mercy in the business of factory farming.
Smithfield Foods is a pig producer based out of Smithfield, Virginia, where millions of pigs are slaughtered every year.
Efficiency and speed within the production line are more important than the health and well-being of the animals bred specifically for human consumption.
Faster production times often lead to unnecessary animal abuse, unsuccessful stunning before slaughter, and even safety risks for employees.
( Taylor Meek, 27.07.2019 )  ..  sentientmedia.org