While the checks for the animal scandal in a Styrian chicken coop are running, this is even expanding: there were chicken corpses in the corn field.
What the association against animal factories – as reported – brought out, caused outrage throughout Austria, it was reported in many media, the readers were shocked. On one farm, broilers grew up, often more dead than alive, barely able to stand. Some almost stopped moving; her eyes spoke volumes. Such broilers usually only live for five weeks, if they manage to do so at all. Five weeks of suffering.
One video is particularly gruesome: a telehandler just drove into the chickens and crushed them. An image that leaves no one indifferent. Here’s the shocking video.
AMA is not taking sufficient action
The AMA reacts as it always reacts: the situation is reviewed and lessons are learned. The company is checked, until there is a result, the certification is withdrawn. The AMA explained that the situation was extreme as the animals were on their way to the slaughterhouse.
You can see how brutally they are dragged around by their sensitive paws and put in boxes. “The animal is no longer seen as a sentient being, but simply as a product,” says David Richter of the VGT, who also received support from many quarters for his courageous action in denouncing animal abuse.
It got even more scandalous
The scandal spread the next day: chicken carcasses were found in the cornfield next to the farmhouse. Apparently they were just thrown out the window. Judge: “Illegal permanent light, brutally run over and disposal of dead chickens in the corn field were apparently not noticed during the checks…”
Not an isolated case: it is in the hands of the consumer
And as frightening as this is, it won’t be an isolated case. “In the Austrian chicken manure industry, tens of thousands of animals are simply produced for the rubbish bin,” says Richter. Or under appalling conditions. What the consumer doesn’t know – or maybe doesn’t want to know.
“We once had a very short sequence in a video where pigs were kept on the full slatted floor,” said Kristijana Lastro, spokeswoman for the AMA. “Many people called angrily why we show something like this, it has long been banned in Austria. No it is not.”
As a customer, you may need to learn more about bio-industry. Because demand determines supply. The consumer has it in his hands – or animal suffering on his plate.
Source: Krone
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