Animal Equality investigation in chicken hatcheries
Baby chicks discarded like trash. This is the reality of factory farming. Help us put an end to this cruelty: https://animalequality.org/donate
Animal Equality's new investigation inside chicken hatcheries shows the cruelty behind the production of chicken meat.
Animal Equality presents a shocking investigation into Spanish industrial chicken hatcheries. This is the first time footage of what happens inside chicken hatcheries is seen in Spain.
A hatchery is the place where eggs are hatched under unnatural conditions, baby chicks spend the first day of their lives in these industrial complexes where they are brutally treated before being sent to factory farms.
The footage filmed by Animal Equality investigators shows:
Baby chicks being discarded as trash while still alive.
Workers pulling baby chicks head off while trying to kill them.
Sick chicks agonizingly dying in the trash.
Chicks dying while being transported to the farm
Approximately 9 billion chickens are killed in the US for food. Worldwide approximately 50 billion chickens are killed.
You can end the cycle of violence these fragile and innocent animals endure. Consider reducing the amount of chicken you eat with delicious meat-free alternatives.
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Animal Equalities investigators have
infiltrated hatcheries to show you a
reality that the chicken meat industry
doesn't want you to see. Hatcheries are
places where the chickens we eat are
born by the thousands.
Here they spend the first day of their
short life.
Then they are sent to the factory farms.
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Chicks are babies that start chirping as
soon as they hatch to keep their
protective mothers nearby.
However, the desperate chirping from
chicks will never be heard.
They are in the hands of the cruel meat
industry.
These fragile creatures spend their
first day of life in industrial
incubators. They are treated as mere
machines,
processed as if they were parts in an
assembly.
There is not the slightest sign of
compassion for them, only disregard
towards their lives.
In nature, chicks spend the first day of
their lives seeking for the comfortable
warmth of their mothers. They love to
get between their wings and feel
protected.
Instead, the first day of baby chicks in
the meat industry is a nightmare.
Many eggs don't even hatch. A worker
opens them and shows the dead chicks
that didn't manage to break the shell.
Minutes
after being born, thousands of
defenseless baby chicks are thrown onto
the belts that will separate them from
the shell.
As if part of an assembly line, they are
transported by the conveyor belts
without the slightest respect for their
lives. Some chicks fall off the conveyor
belts and are left helpless, confused,
and frightened on the ground. For those
who are still on the conveyor belts, the
terrifying journey continues. They are
manipulated without any compassion.
However, due to the terrible conditions,
not all of them will survive.
Workers separate and throw the weak ones
and those who don't meet the desired
standards away to the trash.
This worker shows how he kills a sick
baby chick that isn't profitable to the
meat industry. He brutally tears off his
head, trying to break his spine.
There exists few things as inhumane as
the meat industry.
The crulest destiny awaits for those who
are discarded.
They are thrown away alive into
containers along with the eggshells.
These chickens are brutally crushed.
During their short existence, no one
showed affection or compassion towards
them.
And what awaits for those who survived
is even worse.
The remaining chicks arrive at the
vaccination area. They are abruptly
treated during vaccination. They chirp
desperately, not understanding what is
happening.
They are thrown into crates that workers
pile one on top of another before being
loaded onto trucks that will transport
them to fattening farms. Chickens will
spend the rest of their lives in huge
industrial farms. It will not be for
very long. Decades of selective breeding
have made these animals grow at a rapid
and unnatural pace. If a human baby grew
at the same pace as chickens from the
meat industry, in just 2 months it would
weigh approximately 600 lb. Many of them
can't take the pace at which their
muscles grow. Their legs are unable to
support their own weight and they become
immobilized. They die in agony or are
thrown away by farmers while still
alive. When they are about 40 days old,
they are sent to the slaughterhouse.
They are handled violently. Many of them
break their wings and legs during this
process. This will be the sad end for
these animals.
You can end the cycle of violence these
fragile and sensitive animals are
victims of. By reducing the amount of
chicken in your diet or replacing it
with meat-free alternatives, you will be
helping to stop animal abuse.
Please in your next meal choose
compassion.
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