Chickens are “dying like flies” in their millions while being transported from farms to abattoirs because of poorly ventilated lorries, a whistleblower has told the Guardian. Speaking anonymously, a government vet who works at poultry slaughterhouses in the UK said birds were being denied water and held on lorries without any temperature control. They would be panting and die from heat stress in a pretty rough way. Regulations on the transport of animals allow birds to travel for up to 12 hours without access to food or water. “The vet will only see what he or she can in an extremely busy plant.”The vet said water should be available to all chickens on lorries.

Source: The Guardian February 26, 2021 06:00 UTC