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fairy-wren:

White Ibis. Photo by Cheryl Meadow

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Man Nightline sucks, but Zappos guy seems kinda cool?

 

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A new MFA undercover investigation at a McDonald’s Chicken McNugget supplier—Tyson Foods— exposes horrific animal abuse, including:

– Birds painfully beaten, stabbed, and impaled on makeshift clubs spiked with nails and then thrown into buckets to slowly die

– Factory farm owners stepping on the heads of live chickens and then pulling their wings or bodies to break their necks

– Chickens bred to grow so fast they became crippled under their own weight and frequently died from organ failure

– Hundreds of thousands of birds crammed into filthy, windowless sheds forced to live for weeks in their own waste

 

“To dispose of sick birds that may spread bird flu, the USDA has proposed shutting off the ventilation systems of buildings where the birds live. That would cause temperatures in the buildings to spike, essentially baking poultry alive.

The agency admits the potential for “prolonged suffering,” with most birds not dying for an hour and a half and some surviving past three hours.”

Petition here.