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Crippled Birds
Chickens are genetically manipulated and dosed with antibiotics so that they grow bigger and faster than they ever would naturally. Chickens’ breasts weigh seven times more today than they did 25 years ago, so that by the age of 6 weeks, many broiler chickens are so top-heavy that they can no longer walk. According to Feedstuffs, a meat industry magazine, “Broilers now grow so rapidly that the heart and lungs are not developed well enough to support the remainder of the body, resulting in congestive heart failure and tremendous death losses.” Workers often throw injured hens into trashcans, leaving the birds to starve to death. |
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