(06-15-2017, 03:34 PM)Catherine Wrote: They have fired the workers involved, but really they are being fired for being caught on camera. The whole poultry industry is full of chicken abuse. All the other workers in the industry are still working and I doubt they are treating the chickens well.
The companies involved are now blaming and firing employees, but they are not really accepting responsibility. If they did know they are condoning the abuse. If they didn't know then they are negligent in their duty. They should know what their employees are doing.
Exactly! The chickens are raised in the most appalling crowded conditions, with no natural light. Worse, they are slaughtered in the most awful conditions of cruelty. In the USA, there are no animal welfare laws to protect the slaughter of poultry, so it can be done with the animals fully conscious. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_wel...es#Federal
"Chickens, which account for over 95% of farm animals slaughtered in the U.S., are exempt from protection under the HMSA."
There is a very factual description of the whole process here:
http://freefromharm.org/farm-animal-welf...d-turkeys/
What is the position in Canada, Catherine?
So the issue of sacking a few cruel, sick employees involved with catching chickens will not make the bigger problem go away. As you have said, the whole system is broken.
