06-16-2017, 07:59 AM
(06-15-2017, 05:33 PM)LPC Wrote: 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/
the whole system is broken.
I read the articles. They are chilling. The treatment of chickens and poultry generally is very cruel. And the fact that they are not even protected in any way as "livestock" is unbelievably amiss. (Why are they not Livestock??)
I also read a couple more articles; concerning the Organic poultry and egg industry. Even those who appeared to have exemplary standards in animal welfare when they first started -such as Black Eagle Ranch -went downhill badly, with standards failing and bad management of the birds -even starvation for days -occurring. Of course, the poor birds' fate was "depopulation",and we all know what that means....back to the horrendous slaughter methods.
That vegan fried egg on the page looked intriguing and very tempting! I will have to check that out.
I think all those who eat eggs, egg-containing products, poultry etc, ought to read those pages.
I had a bit of cake the other day, made with "Organic Free Range Eggs from a family-run farm, where the welfare of the hens is given priority". I thought that would be okay.....obviously not.
