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"And because it’s logistically difficult to cull so many animals in a massive complex, these mega factory farms have also been linked to the rise of an especially disturbing method being used to mass kill animals in the bird flu: ventilation shutdown..."
"And because it’s logistically difficult to cull so many animals in a massive complex, these mega factory farms have also been linked to the rise of an especially disturbing method being used to mass kill animals in the bird flu: ventilation shutdown..."
Despite more humane alternatives, the poultry industry continues to use ventilation shutdown to cull millions of birds in the cruellest ways. And the public is paying for it. sentientmedia.org/tyson-depopula…
“In the letter, the lawmakers wrote, ‘We are concerned with reports and analysis indicating that the use of Ventilation Shutdown Plus Heat (VSD+ Heat) has become the default method for depopulations during this outbreak, despite the serious welfare implications involved. Analysis…
Thank you Dan Dizney of Eugene for this letter in the Eugene Weekly: ‘VENTILATION SHUTDOWN’ Were you aware it is perfectly legal in Oregon to subject certain animals to inhumane and even tortuous treatment? Hyperbole, you say? Recently in Oregon over 750,000 chickens were…
US taxpayers were forced to hand over millions of dollars to bailout corporations like Hormel Foods, Tyson Foods, and others, that cruelly killed their animals with heatstroke. We are asking them to pledge not to use VSD+ again. Will you join us? vavsd.org/pledgeletter
Opinion: There’s a scary truth behind your favorite Super Bowl snack sltrib.com/opinion/commen…
Check out this @daytondailynews op-ed by AWI consultants Dr. Gwendy Reyes-Illg and Vicki Deisner about the horrors of ventilation shutdown plus heat (VSD+), which is used to “depopulate” farmed birds during #birdflu outbreaks in Ohio and beyond. daytondailynews.com/ideas-voices/v…
Despite more humane alternatives, the poultry industry continues to use ventilation shutdown to cull millions of birds in the cruelest ways. sentientmedia.org/tyson-depopula…
🎉👏Congratulations to @MartinSinel on his first publication! "Ventilation shutdown and the breath-taking violence of infectious disease emergency management in industrial livestock production" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/25…
Our new paper "Ventilation shutdown and the breath-taking violence of infectious disease emergency management in industrial livestock production" is open access in @envplane: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/25…
@MartinSinel @envplane An excellent paper, thank you for bringing this cruelty to public attention. I'm now wondering whether this horrific #AnimalAg practice is legal in my country (Australia) too. #PublicHealth #biosecurity #VentilationShutDown
"The recent outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has brought the modern industry’s sociopathy to light. When animals get sick, the methods used to end their lives, while expedient for the corporation, cause prolonged suffering for the animals." @OurHonorVets…
"The recent outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has brought the modern industry’s sociopathy to light. When animals get sick, the methods used to end their lives, while expedient for the corporation, cause prolonged suffering for the animals." @OurHonorVets…
Thank you, @EastBayTimes for publishing my op-ed about how the "high-welfare" cage-free egg producer Weber Family Farms in Petaluma, CA after becoming infected with avian influenza, killed their birds en masse via heatstroke. They had failed to put plans in place to end the lives…
Thank you, @EastBayTimes for publishing my op-ed about how the "high-welfare" cage-free egg producer Weber Family Farms in Petaluma, CA after becoming infected with avian influenza, killed their birds en masse via heatstroke. They had failed to put plans in place to end the lives…
Second-year veterinary student at Utah State University and @OurHonorVets representative, Larrea Cottingham, published this Op-Ed in the @sltrib describing the high costs of the chicken slaughter industry, not just to the birds themselves, but to the workers, wildlife, and…
Thank you, @melissamyrna_ of the @FresnoBee, for this in-depth report about the worker injuries and deaths at Pitman Family Farms in Fresno. Pitman is the maker of the so-called "high welfare" Mary’s Free-Range Chicken as well as the Mary’s Free-Range Duck brand sold in fancy…
Thank you, @melissamyrna_ of the @FresnoBee, for this in-depth report about the worker injuries and deaths at Pitman Family Farms in Fresno. Pitman is the maker of the so-called "high welfare" Mary’s Free-Range Chicken as well as the Mary’s Free-Range Duck brand sold in fancy…
Heatstroke-based killing remains one of the most common methods of depopulation during this recent highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak. In many cases, the animals suffer for more than three hours before dying. Will you sign on to our campaign to stop killing animals via…
“As of June, the U.S. government had allocated nearly $1.3 billion to compensate producers for animals killed during outbreaks and other HPAI response activities.” “The Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds, convened by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture…
New @voxdotcom article by @mbolotnikova exposes the animal industries normalization of heatstroke-based killing methods. 📣 Despite over 1600 veterinarians urging the American Veterinary Medical Association to reclassify heatstroke-based killings as "not recommended,"…
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30K Followers 25K Following Independent, non-profit journalism at the intersection of food, agriculture, and the environment • Donor-supported since 2011This is pretty stunning — beef & dairy industry vets are deeming highly pathogenic bird flu in cows a different disease, and encouraging regulators to do the same, to “maintain confidence in the safety and accessibility of beef and dairy products for consumers."
If only animal protection groups would work as doggedly, consistently and steadfastly to reframe and change the narrative as the slaughter industry. We have to start taking notes. The American Association of Bovine Practitioners is urging the media to stop referring to avian…
Takeaways: —We farmed 10 billion land animals in 2022, almost double 35 years ago —# of animals on mega factory farms has grown astonishingly fast —Total farmland decreased by 24% over 70 yrs, which is not per se a bad thing. But packing more animals on less land IS a bad thing
9 charts that show US factory farming is even bigger than you realize trib.al/1FjBRKA
The amount of suffering on this planet is beyond comprehension. But words to help capture it are important. On the rise of “mega factory farms.” A sobering read by @mbolotnikova and @KennyTorrella. vox.com/future-perfect…
We wrote about the new US agriculture data & the consolidation of animal ag into mega factory farms — factory farms so big we need a new name for them vox.com/future-perfect…
"We raise twice as many animals for food as we did in the late 1980s--In 2022, the most recent year for which data was available, the number of chickens, cows, pigs, and turkeys in the US food system exceeded 10 billion for the first time in the census’s history — up from 5.2…
9 charts that show US factory farming is even bigger than you realize trib.al/1FjBRKA
@voxdotcom If we want to advocate for our tax dollars to be diverted away from the slaughter-based protein production industries and towards slaughter-free forms of food production, we have to fight against the pharmaceutical lobbyists, the feed crop lobbyists, not just the animal-slaughter…
9 charts that show US factory farming is even bigger than you realize trib.al/1FjBRKA
Ventilation shutdown and the breath-taking violence of infectious disease emergency management in industrial livestock production - Martin Sinel, Tony Weis, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/25…
Despite more humane alternatives, the poultry industry continues to use ventilation shutdown to cull millions of birds in the cruellest ways. And the public is paying for it. sentientmedia.org/tyson-depopula…
“In the letter, the lawmakers wrote, ‘We are concerned with reports and analysis indicating that the use of Ventilation Shutdown Plus Heat (VSD+ Heat) has become the default method for depopulations during this outbreak, despite the serious welfare implications involved. Analysis…
Thank you Dan Dizney of Eugene for this letter in the Eugene Weekly: ‘VENTILATION SHUTDOWN’ Were you aware it is perfectly legal in Oregon to subject certain animals to inhumane and even tortuous treatment? Hyperbole, you say? Recently in Oregon over 750,000 chickens were…
“I think you’re left with this position where you have to realize that if you eat meat from a factory farm, you are in effect saying that your preference for the taste of meat is more important than the suffering that the animal endured,” Hope said. “We need young people who are…
@FresnoBee Thank you so much for covering. Pitman Family Farms has also received more than $20 million in bailouts at the expense of US taxpayers. They failed to put plans in place to end the lives of their infected birds in less cruel ways and they resorted to sealing up barns, pumping in…
A Fresno Bee investigation of Pitman workplace conditions revealed a dangerous grueling workplace with multiple serious safety violations and more than $140,000 in settled fines from Cal/OSHA, the state’s main enforcement branch for workplace safety regulations. ✍️: Melissa…
Inside the Pitman Family Farms poultry processing plant, shown here in 2015, hundreds of mostly Latino immigrants endure dangerous conditions, working long hours to slaughter, clean, cut, grind and package organic and free range chicken and turkeys, sold under brands considered…
“Organic” “free range” meaningless fancy labels to trick consumers into feeling at ease with a corrupt industry. It’s not just still harm for the animals, but for the workers too. These are dangerous work places with many horrifying accidents, some fatal, all swept under the rug
Inside the Pitman Family Farms poultry processing plant, shown here in 2015, hundreds of mostly Latino immigrants endure dangerous conditions, working long hours to slaughter, clean, cut, grind and package organic and free range chicken and turkeys, sold under brands considered…
@MartinSinel @envplane very very excited to read this carefully when I get a minute!
Opinion: There’s a scary truth behind your favorite Super Bowl snack sltrib.com/opinion/commen…
Millions of animals are being roasted alive for hours on end because corporations value convenience over avoiding extreme suffering. Ventilation Shutdown Plus is wrong. Demand an end to this horrific slaughter method: thl.link/3RkjOxB 🎬 @sinergia_animal
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