Nine months after Tyson Foods cut ties with a poultry farm in Tennessee that was accused by an animal rights group of mistreating and abusing chickens, the company is investigating another farm in the same state over similar abuse allegations.
Bloomberg reports that Tyson has opened an investigation into a contract farm in Lewisburg, TN, after Mercy for Animals published undercover video footage that reportedly showed birds are suffering in windowless sheds and enduring injuries.
The group — which filmed footage at other farms along with the one that Tyson cut ties with last year — also claims in the footage that birds are bred to grow too fast and are being weighed down by their own weight.
“It’s disturbing to us to see any sick or injured birds, which is why we have a track record of quickly addressing animal welfare concerns,” a Tyson spokesman told Bloomberg. “If our investigation into this farm uncovers anything wrong, we will immediately address it.”
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You have got to be kidding they're raised from birth to be slammed with diet of growth hormones and whatever to be slaughtered for consumption and you have single mothers living in shelters with small children and this is what your concerned about
Too many people to feed and not enough growing time by the old standards.
Assateague Coastkeeper, Kathy Phillips, Maria Payan and Gabby C. are behind this investigation. They are trying their best to do away with chicken houses in Wicomico County and the Eastern Shore.
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