This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Friday, 29 April 2022
Chickens Roast ,then the Staff are Toast
A major egg producer in Rembrandt, Iowa experienced an outbreak of avian 'flu. The management of Rembrandt Enterprises consequently decided to cull their entire stock of more than 5 million chickens, by over-heating them to death (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/28/egg-factory-avian-flu-chickens-culled-workers-fired-iowa). The workers, employed by Rembrandt Enterprises, then had to spend days moving the carcasses to nearby land for disposal in pits. Once disposal was completed, most of the workers were fired, with binding agreements not talk about this horrific event. It seems that chickens and staff were both treated, as if they were completely disposable. This avian 'flu outbreak has led to a total of more than 22 million domestic birds being killed, in this area of the US. Hopefully, most fowl were culled, using more humane methods, than those employed by Rembrandt Enterprises!
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