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Once again, bird flu is back in the U.S. From 2014 through
mid-2015, 48 million chickens and turkeys were killed in the U.S. to
prevent the disease’s spread and protect farmers’ profits.
Factory farmers routinely fight to keep images of how poultry are
raised out of public view, so consumers do not lose their appetites and
will continue eating their products. Industrial farmers also fight hard
to keep images of how chickens and turkeys are “euthanized” out of the
public view.
It is easy to see why. To prevent the spread of bird flu, healthy,
floor-reared turkeys and broiler chickens are herded into an enclosed
area where they were administered propylene glycol foam to suffocate
them. Michael Blackwell, chief veterinary officer at The Humane Society of the United States, https://www.theguardian.com/vital-signs/2015/jul/14/bird-flu-devastation-highlights-unsustainability-of-commercial-chicken-farming" rel="nofollow - likens
death by foam to “cuffing a person’s mouth and nose, during which time
you are very much aware that your breathing has been precluded.”
“Ventilation shutdown” is also used to kill healthy birds and prevent
the spread of the flu. It raises the barn temperature to at least 104F
for a minimum of three hours killing the entire flock—a method so
extreme that even factory farmers admit it is cruel. During the 2015
outbreak, “Round the clock incinerators and crews in hazmat suits,” were
required for the bird depopulation reported Fortune—a sequence likely
to occur again.
Factory farmers like to blame bird flu on “migratory birds,” denying
that high-volume production methods allow the spread of the disease. But
the fact is, factory farms house 300,000 or more egg layers in one barn
versus only tens of thousands of birds in “broiler barns” which is why
the flu spreads so quickly among egg-laying hens. Medclinician
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