Sadistic chicken abuse

[Catherine]

There is some reaction to the video. The company is going to make employees wear body cameras.

http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=2&at=dt0

This should cut out the worst of the sadistic abuse. It doesn't improve the conditions the chickens normally endure.
I suspect the cameras are a response to public opinion. It could be the stores that buy the chicken that are putting pressure on Elite Farm services.

Animal welfare laws in Canada are very weak. It is shameful how weak our laws are.

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...rjuKwXYHJw



https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...20OgC0PLqQ


For some reason chickens are generally overlooked and excluded from legal protections. Most animals are not treated humanely, but chickens seem to get the worst treatment. That is strange because they are the most fragile animal.

I read the article about slaughter methods.
We can't seem to find a fast, easy method of humane slaughter for chickens or any other animals. Maybe that should tell us something about our meat consumption. We can't eat meat and claim we care. I think there is a shift away from the heavy meat consumption of not to long ago. That is a positive step. However we eat so much meat that there are still a lot of chickens who will die this year.

There is no excuse for a civilized country like Canada  having such poor animal welfare laws. I hope Mercy For Animals keeps the pressure on. People need to be made to feel uncomfortable. If enough people react then we might see pressure placed on politicians to change the laws. This all takes time and for some animals time has already run out.